ἁπλόος

English (LSJ)

η, ον, contr. ἁπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, opp. διπλόος

   A twofold, and so,    I single, ἁπλῆ γὰρ οἶμος εἰς Ἁιδου φέρει A.Fr.239, cf. X. Cyr.1.3.4 (Comp.); ἁπλῷ τείχει περιτειχίζειν Th.3.18; δὶς τόσ' ἐξ ἁπλῶν κακά S.Aj.277; ὅπως ἂν ἡ χάρις ἐξ ἁπλῆς διπλῆ φανῇ Id.Tr. 619; ἁπλᾶς δὲ λύπας ἐξὸν οὐκ οἴσω διπλᾶς E.IT688.    b ἁπλαῖ (sc. κρηπῖδες), αἱ, single-soled shoes, Stratt.24, D.54.34.    II simple, plain, straightforward, κελεύθοις ἁπλόαις ζωᾶς Pi.N.8.36; ἁ. ὁ μῦθος A.Ch.554; ἁ. λόγῳ Id.Pr.610,al.; ὡς ἁ. λόγῳ ib.46, Ar.Ach.1151; ἁ. λόγος the matter is simple, E.Hel.979; ἁ. διήγησις simple narrative (without dialogue), Pl.R.392d; οὐκ ἐς ἁπλοῦν φέρει leads to no simple issue, S.OT519; ἁπλᾶ γε καὶ σαφῆ λέγω μαθεῖν Alex.240.7; οὐδὲν ἔχω ἁπλούστερον λέγειν X.Cyr.3.1.32; of single-membered periods, Demetr.Eloc.17, etc.; of habits, ἁπλούστατος βίος Plb.9.10.5; νόμοι λίαν ἁ. καὶ βαρβαρικοί Arist.Pol.1268b39; ἁπλοῦν ἦν . . ἀποθανεῖν a plain course, Men.14.    b of persons, or their words, thoughts, and acts, simple, open, frank, ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀληθείας ἔπη A.Fr.176; ἁ. καὶ γενναῖος Pl.R.361b, etc.; ἁ. τρόποι E.IA927; opp. δόλος, Ar.Pl.1158; πρὸς τοὺς φίλους ὡς ἁπλούστατον εἶναι X. Mem.4.2.16.    c simple-minded, ὁ κριτὴς ὑπόκειται εἶναι ἁ. Arist. Rh.1357a12, cf. HA608b4 (Comp.), Rh.1367a37; in bad sense, simple, silly, Isoc.2.46; λίαν γὰρ ἁπλοῦν τὸ νομίζειν . . Arist.Mete.339b34.    III simple, opp. compound or mixed, Pl.R.547e, etc.; opp. μεμιγμένος, κεκραμένος, Arist.Metaph.989b17, Sens.447a18; ἁ. χρώματα Id.Col.791a1; ἁ. ὀνόματα, opp. διπλᾶ, Id.Po.1457a31; also of nouns, without the article, A.D.Synt.98.17, al.; of the positive adjective, Plu.2.412e, etc.    b ἁ. βιβλία rolls containing a single author, Id.Ant.58.    c of precious metals, unalloyed, pure, SIG901.9 (Delph., iv A. D.), PCair.67041.    d ἁ. ἐπίδεσμος, a kind of bandage, Hp.Off.7, etc.    2 absolute, sheer, ἀκρασία Arist.EN1149a2; συμφορά Lys.24.8, etc.    3 simple, unqualified (cf. ἁπλῶς 11.3), οὐ πάνυ μοι δοκεῖ . . οὕτως ἁπλοῦν εἶναι ὥστε . . Pl.Prt.331b, cf. Smp.206a, Tht.188d, al.    4 general, opp. ἀκριβής, Arist.Metaph.1025b7 (Comp.), cf. 1030a16.    IV Adv. ἁπλῶς, v. sub voc.    V Comp. and Sup. ἁπλούστερος, ἁπλούστατος, v. supr.; irreg. Sup. ἁπλότατος AP6.185 (Zos.). (Cf. δι-πλόος; ἁ- = sṃ; -πλόος perh. identical with πλοῦς 'voyage', cf. Serb. jedan put '(one journey, hence) once'; transition from 'once' to 'simple' as in Lett. vienkarss 'simple' (cf. Lith. vienkart 'once').)

German (Pape)

[Seite 293] όη, όον, zsgzg. ἁπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, einfach; τὸ βλάβος ἁπλοῦν ἀποτίνειν Plat. Legg. IX, 879 b; πεζῷ μὲν ἁπλοῦν, ἱππεῖ δὲ διπλοῦν Xen. Cyr. 4, 5, 41; Ggstz ποικίλος Plat. Theaet. 146 d; πολυειδές Phaedr. 270 d. Bes. μῦθος, Eur. Rhes. 84; διήγησις Plat. Rep. III, 392 b; λόγος, z. B. Ar. Ach. 1117; Xen. An. 5, 8, 18, eine einfache Rede ohne Umschweif; von Menschen, einfach, schlicht, offen, Xen. Cyr. 3, 1. 32; καὶ ἀληθής Plat. Legg. V, 738 e; καὶ γενναῖος Rep. II, 361 b; κατὰ τὸ ἀληθὲς καὶ τὸ ἁπλοῦν, ταὐτὸν γάρ ἐστιν Crat. 405 c; ἁπλᾶ καὶ σαφῆ λέγειν Alexis Ath. X, 449 e; Ggstz πονηρός, vom Auge, Matth. 6, 22. So stehen ἁπλοῖ τρόποι dem δόλος entgegen, Ar. Pl. 1158; Sp. auch einfältig, dumm; vom Wege, gerade, kurz, Plat. Phaed. 108 a; Xen. Cyr. 1, 3, 4; von Behauptungen, ausgemacht, allgemein gültig, εἰ ἦν ἁπλοῦν – τὸ μανίαν κακὸν εἶναι Plat. Phaedr. 244 a; vgl. Conv. 260 a. Comp., ἁπλούστερος, ἁπλούστατος, Xen. Mem. 4, 2, 16 u. ib. 40; ion. ἁπλοώτερος.