ἁπλούστερον

ἁπλόος

twofold: masc acc sg

ἁπλόος

twofold: neut nom /voc /acc sg

ἁπλόος

twofold: masc acc sg

ἁπλόος

twofold: neut nom /voc /acc sg

ἁπλόος, η, ον, [var] contr. [full] 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] 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.IT 688

.

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.OT 519;

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.IA 927

; 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. HA 608b4 ([comp] 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.EN 1149a2

;

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] Comp.), cf. 1030a16.

IV Adv. ἁπλῶς, v. sub voc.

V [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup. ἁπλούστερος, ἁπλούστατος, v. supr.; irreg. [comp] 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. vienkars?ἁπλόοςXs 'simple' (cf. Lith. vienkart 'once').)

ἁπλ-ῶς, Adv. of ἁπλοῦς,

A singly, in one way,

μένειν ἁ. ἐν τῇ αὑτοῦ μορφῇ Pl.R. 381c

, etc.; ἁ. λέγεσθαι in one sense, opp. πολλαχῶς, Arist.Top. 158b10; ἁ. λεγόμενα, opp. συμπλεκόμενα, Id.Metaph. 1014a19, cf. Ph. 195b15; opp. κατ' ἀλλήλων λέγεσθαι, without distinction of subject and predicate, Metaph. 1041b1; ἐσθλοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἁ. παντοδαπῶς δὲ κακοί Poët. ap. EN 1106b35, etc.

II simply, plainly,

ἀλλ' ἁ. φράσον A.Supp. 464

;

ἁ. τι φράζουσ' Id.Ch. 121

;

ἁ. εἰπεῖν Isoc.4.154

;

λαλεῖν Anaxil.22.23

.

b openly, frankly, Isoc.3.52, X.HG4.1.37; in good faith, D.18.308, etc.: in bad sense, ἁ. ἔχειν to be a simpleton, Isoc.4.16.

c in its natural state, uncooked, of food, Jul.Or.6.192b.

2 simply, absolutely,

ἁ. ἀδύνατον Th.3.45

; τῶν νεῶν κατέδυ οὐδεμία ἁ. no ship was absolutely sunk (though some were disabled), Id.7.34;

ἁ. οὐδὲ ἕν.. συνίημι Philem.123

; ὅσ' ἐστὶν ἀγαθὰ.. ἁ. simply all the good things there are, Ar.Ach. 873;

ἔδωκ' ἐμαυτὸν ὑμῖν ἁ. D. 18.179

; ἁ. absolutely, opp. κατά τι ( relatively), Arist.Top. 115b12; opp. πρός τι, APr. 41a5; opp. πρὸς ἡμᾶς, APo. 72a3; opp. τινί, Top. 116a21; ἁ. βαρύ, κοῦφον, μαλακόν, etc., Cael. 311a17,27, Mete. 386b32, al.; τὸ ἁ. καλόν, τὸ ἁ. ἀγαθόν, etc., EN 1136b22, 1134b4, al.; opp. ὁτιοῦν ( in some particular), Pol. 1301a29; strengthd.

ἁ. οὕτως Pl. Grg. 468c

, D.21.99; τὴν ἁ. δίκην absolute, strict justice, opp. τοὐπιεικές and χάρις, S.Fr. 770;

ἡ τελεία καὶ ἁ. κακία Arist.EN 1138a33

; τὸ ἁ. the absolute, Dam.Pr.5: [comp] Comp.

ἁπλούστερον Is.4.2

;

- τερως Str.6.2.4

: [comp] Sup.

ἁπλούστατα Pl.Lg. 921b

.

3 in a word, E.Rh. 851, X.Cyr.1.6.33, Mem.1.3.2, etc.

4 generally, opp. σαφέστερον, Arist.Pol. 1341b39, al.; ὡς ἁ. εἰπεῖν ib. 1285a31, EN 1115a8, al.;

ἁ. δηλῶσαι Hell.Oxy.11.4

;

τὸν ἀκριβῶς ἐπιστάμενον λέγειν ἁ. οὐκ ἂν δυνάμενον εἰπεῖν Isoc.4.11

, cf. Demetr.Eloc. 100, 243: in bad sense, loosely, superficially,

λίαν ἁ. Arist.Metaph. 987a21

, GA 756b17, al.; οὐχ ἁ. φέρειν not lightly, E.IA 899.

5 foolishly, Plu.2.72b.

ἁπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν (Att. contr.; Aeschyl., Thu.+) pert. to being motivated by singleness of purpose so as to be open and aboveboard, single, without guile, sincere, straightforward i.e. without a hidden agenda (Plut., Mor. 63f: the gods take delight in beneficence for its own sake, but a flatterer’s performance is with mixed motives) εἶναι ἁ. τῇ καρδίᾳ be guileless B 19:2 (cp. SIG 1042, 12 ἁ. τῇ ψυχῇ; Pr 11:25; Ps.-Phocyl. 50). ἁ. διάνοια a sincere mind 1 Cl 23:1. W. ἄκακος (Diod S 13, 76; Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 61, 2 Jac.; Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 136 §566) Hs 9, 24, 2. Of the eye (Damasc., Vi. Isid. 16 [p. 16, 9–11 Z.], with ref. to frank expression) single = unjaundiced, sincere (s. ἁπλότης 1; opp. πονηρός, whose mng. is apparent fr. Mt 20:15; Mk 7:22. Cp. Sir 14:10; 31:13; TestIss 3:2 πορευόμενος ἐν ἁπλότητι ὀφθαλμῶν; also IArsameia, Antiochus I, lines 210–20 [tr. Danker, Benefactor 251]: of attempt to conceal jealousy over another’s good fortune and ‘melting one’s eye’ in the process) Mt 6:22 (the Kommagene ins helps explain the intercalation of vss. 22f between two logia on approach to riches); Lk 11:34 (s. Jülicher, Gleichn. 98ff esp. 100f; WBrandt, ZNW 14, 1913, 189ff; CEdlund, D. Auge der Einfalt: ASNU 19, ’52, 51–122; HCadbury, The Single Eye: HTR 47, ’54, 69–74 holds out for generous; opposed by TThienemann, Gordon Review 1, ’55, 10–22. Plut., Mor. 63f distinguishes ἁ. ‘unreserved’ fr. ἐλευθέριος ‘liberal.’ See also λύχνος b, ὀφθαλμός 1, πονηρός 1b and 3a. Zahn, Mt p. 291 and Betz, SM 451 adopt a physiological sense for ἁ.: ‘healthy.’).—As of animals gener. (Aristot., HA 9, 1), so the superl. ἁπλούστατος (the form in X., Mem. 4, 2, 16; Polyb. 9, 10, 5; Strabo 7, 3, 7; Philo, Vi. Cont. 82) quite simple, guileless, of doves Mt 10:16 D.—The comp. ἁπλούστερον very simply B 6:5 (s. ἁπλῶς).—CSpicq, La vertu de Simplicité dans l’A. et le N. Test.: RSPT 22, ’33, 1–26; ESjöberg, StTh 5, ’51, 89–105; HBacht, Geist u. Leben 29, ’56, 416–26; JAmstutz, ΑΠΛΟΤΗΣ ’68; Betz, SM 437–53, esp. 449–53.—DELG s.v. ἁπλόος. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.

ἁπλῶς adv. fr. ἁπλοῦς (Aeschyl.+).

① pert. to being straightforward, simply, above board, sincerely, openly of guileless response to someth. that arrests one’s attention (Demosth. 23, 178; M. Ant. 3, 6, 3 al.; Epict. 2, 2, 13; Philo, Ebr. 76; Just., D. 65, 2; Ath., R. 60, 32 al.; Iren. 5, 30, 1 [Harv. II 407, 6; w. ἀκακῶς]) w. διδόναι without reservation Js 1:5 (s. MDibelius ad loc.; HRiesenfeld, ConNeot 9, ’44, 33–41); Hm 2:4 without having second thoughts about the donation (s. ἁπλότης 1) ἁ. τι τελέσαι fulfill someth. without reservation Hm 2:6a, cp. b. Pray wholeheartedly, with confidence προσευχὰς ἀναφέρειν 2 Cl 2:2. Comp. ἁπλούστερον (Isaeus 4, 2) γράφειν write very plainly B 6:5 (cp. Iren. 1, prol. 3 [Harv. I 6, 5]).

② pert. to simplicity in verbal expression

ⓐ in short, in a word (Epict. 3, 15, 3; 3, 22, 96; Just., A I, 67, 6 ἁ. πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν χρείᾳ οὖσι ‘in brief, all who are in need’, D. 5, 4 al.; Iren., 1, 18, 3 [Harv. I 172, 17]) ἁ. εἰπεῖν (TestAbr 10 p. 87, 27 [Stone p. 22]; 17 p. 99, 28 [St. p. 46]) to put it succinctly Dg 6:1 (the mng. frankly or bluntly i.e. not obliquely or deviously [M. Ant. 5, 7, 2; schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 2, 844–47a ἁπλῶς κ. κατὰ ἀλήθειαν ἐξειπεῖν=to state it simply and as it really is] is less prob. here, for the preceding context consists of explicit details).

ⓑ simply, at all w. neg. expr. (reff. in Riesenf., op. cit. 37f, and Theopomp. [IV B.C.]: 115 Fgm. 224 Jac. p. 582, 18 ἁ. οὐδείς; Diod S 3, 8, 5 ἁ. οὐ; Just., A II, 2, 16, D. 6, 1; Eur., Rhesus 851) ἁ. οὐ δύναμαι ἐξηγήσασθαι I simply cannot describe ApcPt 3:9.—M-M. Spicq.