ἁπλόω
ἅπαντι δαίμων ἀνδρὶ συμπαρίσταται εὐθὺς γενομένῳ μυσταγωγὸς τοῦ βίου → a spirit assists every man from birth to be the leader of his life
English (LSJ)
(ἁπλοῦς)
A make single, unfold, spread out, οὐρήν Batr.74 (v. l.), cf. 80; σῶμα AP11.107 (Lucill.); ἱστία Orph.A.360, etc.; σαγήνην Alciphr.3.3; φάλαγγα Paus.4.11.2; δακτύλους Sor.1.73; ἁ. τὸν ἄργυρον beat it thin, Anacreont.4.5; expose a wound, Just. Nov.111 Pr.:—Pass., ἀγρευθεὶς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἡπλώθη [the fish] lay stretched out .., Babr.4.5; ἀσπάραγος χαίρει γῇ ἡπλωμένῃ open ground, Gp.12.18.1; ἁπλωθέντων ἱστίων Lib.Or.11.264:—Med., AP10.9, Orph.A.278, D.P.235. 2 metaph., ἅπλωσον σεαυτόν be simple, M.Ant.4.26:—Pass., to be simplified, Plot.6.7.35; but, to be expanded, Id.3.5.9 (fort. ἐξαπλ-). 3 make plain, ὁδόν LXX Jb.22.3.
