Sem

sēm-uncĭa, ae, f. [semi;

semuncia quod dimidia pars unciae,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 171 Müll.], a half-ounce, i. e. the twenty-fourth part of an as.

In gen., a twenty-fourth part of any whole:

facit heredem ex deunce et semunciā Caecinam,

Cic. Caecin. 6, 17:

semunciae horarum,

Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58. —Hence, transf., a trifle: bona ejus propter alieni aeris magnitudinem semunciā venierunt, for a trifling sum, qs. for a mere song, Ascon. ad Cic. Mil. fin. p. 54 Orell.— Trop.:

brevis semuncia recti,

Pers. 5, 121. —

In partic., of weight, the twentyfourth of a pound:

semuncia auri,

Liv. 34, 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 57:

mellis,

Col. 12, 57, 5; 12, 21, 2.—As a measure of dimension, the twenty-fourth of a jugeruin, Col. 5, 1, 10; 5, 2, 4.—

A domestic utensil of unknown capacity, Cato, R. R. 10, 3.

alternus, a, um, adj. [alter], one after the other, by turns, interchangeable, alternate (class. and also poet.).

In gen.: ( Sem)VNIS. ALTERNEI. ADVOCAPIT. CONCTOS (i. e. Semones alterni advocate cunctos), Carm. Fr. Arv. 36 (v. advoco fin.): alternā vice inire, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 151 Vahl.):

alternae arbores,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 138:

Alterno tenebras et lucem tempore gigni,

Lucr. 5, 978:

ex duabus orationibus capita alterna recitare,

Cic. Clu. 51, 140:

alternis trabibus ac saxis,

with beams and stones regularly interchanged, Caes. B. G. 7, 23 Herz.:

(bibere) alternis diebus modo aquam, modo vinum,

Cels. 3, 2:

Alterno terram quatiunt pede,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 7:

per alternas vices,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 6:

vix hostem, alterni si congrediamur, habemus,

Verg. A. 12, 233; 6, 121: alternum foedus amicitiae, Cat. 109, 6: alternus metus, mutual or reciprocal fear, Liv. 26, 25; cf. id. 23, 26:

alternas servant praetoria ripas,

the opposite, Stat. S. 1, 3, 25:

aves,

the eagles which stand opposite to each other, Claud. Mall. Theod. prol. 16 (v. the passage in its connection):

alternis paene verbis T. Manlii factum laudans,

with almost every other word, Liv. 8, 30: alternis dicetis;

amant alterna Camenae,

responsive song, Verg. E. 3, 59:

versibus alternis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 146: alternis aptum sermonibus, alternate discourse, i. e. dialogue, id. A. P. 81. —Of verses: interchanging between hexameter and pentameter, elegiac:

pedes alternos esse oportebit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 193:

epigramma alternis versibus longiusculis,

id. Arch. 10, 25; Ov. H. 15, 5:

canere alterno carmine,

id. F. 2, 121; so id. Tr. 3, 1, 11; 3, 1, 56; 3, 7, 10 (cf.:

modos impares,

id. ib. 2, 220).—

Esp., in the Roman courts of justice the accused, and afterwards the accuser, could alternately reject all the judges appointed by the prætor;

hence, alterna consilia or alternos judices reicere,

to reject by turns, Cic. Vatin. 11, 27; id. Planc. 15, 36:

cum alternae civitates rejectae sunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. and sup. are not used. — Advv. (only in posit.).

Form alternē, alternately, only in Sen. Q. N. 7, 12 med. —

Form alternīs ( abl. plur.; sc. vicibus), alternately, by turns ( poet. and prose; freq. in Lucr.;

not in Cic.),

Lucr. 1, 524; 1, 768; 1, 1011; 1, 1066; 3, 373; 4, 790; 6, 570; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 9; Verg. E. 3, 59; id. G. 1, 71; 1, 79; Liv. 2, 2 med.; Sen. Ep. 120 fin.; Plin. Ep. 18, 2.—

Form alternă, neutr. plur., Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138 Jan; App. M. 10, p. 247, 8 Elm.

lŭpa, ae, f. [lupus], a she-wolf.

Lit.:

rabidae tradis ovile lupae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 4, 6:

ab agro rava decurrens lupa Lanuvino,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 3:

quem nutrit dura papilla lupae,

Prop. 5, 4, 54:

lupa Romuli,

Quint. 2, 4, 19; 3, 7, 5.—

Transf.

A prostitute, vile woman, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22:

ille, qui semper secum scorta, sem per exoletos, semper lupas ducebat,

Cic. Mil. 21, 55; Liv. 1, 4, 7:

quibus grata est pictā lupa barbara mitrā,

Juv. 3, 66; Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 21, 1:

lupa, id est meretrix,

Lact. 1, 19.—In a pun with the literal meaning, I. supra:

nam ovis illius hau longe absunt a lupis,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 12.—

The name of a dog, Col. 7, 12, 13.

sĕmĕl, adv. num. [root sam-, one; Sanscr. sa-, sam-, with, together; Gr. hama, hapax; cf.: sem-per, sim-ilis, sim-plex, sin-gulus, etc.].

Lit., once, a single time: ter sub armis malim vitam cernere, Quam semel modo parere, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; and ap. Non. 261, 9 (Trag. v. 298 Vahl.); so,

potin' ut semel modo huc respicias?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 30:

satis sum semel deceptus,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

semel fugiendi si data est occasio, Satis est,

id. ib. 1, 2, 8; so,

semel si,

id. As. 1, 3, 66 (but cf.: si semel, infra, II. B. 2 fin.):

qui vel semel ita est usus oculis, ut vera cerneret, is, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 52, 107:

ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,

Liv. 27, 47, 3:

semel in mense sulcos sarrito,

Cato, R. R. 43, 2:

semel die,

Cels. 1, 3 fin.:

in diebus,

Col. 12, 30, 1:

semel anno,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 58:

in anno,

id. 4, 12, 26, § 89:

quem (Crassum) semel ait in vitā risisse Lucilius,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92; so,

semel in vitā,

Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 58:

semel adhuc,

id. 2, 25, 22, § 90:

semel umquam,

id. 2, 35, 35, § 100 et saep.:

M. Valerius Corvinus sellā curuli semel ac vicies sedit,

id. 7, 48, 49, § 157;

for which also: vicies et semel,

id. 2, 108, 102, § 243: sol omni terrarum ambitu non semel major, not greater by once, i. e. not as large again, not twice as large, Sen. Q. N. 6, 16:

haud semel sed centies,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 148; cf. id. As. 2, 4, 15:

non semel, sed bis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 179; Val. Max. 1, 8, 4:

non semel, sed saepe,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 7; id. Tusc. 5, 19, 56:

non semel sed saepius,

id. Phil. 2, 21, 52; id. N. D. 1, 40, 113; Nep. Epam. 7, 2; Lact. 3, 17, 12; Aug. Ep. 43, 15; 102, 7:

non plus quam semel eloqui,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61; Vell. 2, 40, 4; also without quam: plus semel, more than once, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96: Janum Quirinum semel atque iterum clausum, once and again, i. e. twice, Suet. Aug. 22 (for which:

Janus bis clausus,

Liv. 1, 19; Flor. 4, 12, 64; cf. also Plut. Num. 20); Suet. Aug. 27; but also in a more gen. sense: pecuniam semel atque iterum dare coacti sunt, time and again, i. e. repeatedly, Cic. Font. 12, 26 (8, 16):

hoc semel ille iterumque neglexit,

id. Div. 1, 25, 54; cf.:

cum his Aeduos semel atque iterum armis contendisse,

Caes. B.G. 1, 31; Liv. 27, 16 fin.; so too Suet. Claud. 46;

for which: semel iterumque,

Petr. 34, 9; 115, 12:

Piso saepe dicebat, minus saepe Pomponius, raro Carbo, semel aut iterum Philippus,

only once or twice, Cic. Brut. 90, 308; Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 12:

semel et saepius,

Cic. Phil. 14, 8, 22; Varr. L. L. 10, § 33 Müll.; cf.:

an quod semel jus est, idem et saepius?

Quint. 7, 8, 3.—Late Lat.:

semel et bis,

repeatedly, Vulg. Phil. 4, 16; Greg. M. Ep. 5, 18 fin. —

Transf.

Pregn., like the Gr. hapax, of that which occurs no more than [p. 1664] once, but once, but a single time, once for all:

cum facile orari, Caesar, tum semel exorari soles,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 9:

quibus semel ignotum a te esse oportet,

id. ib. 14, 39:

hostis est datus, cum quo dimicantes aut vitam semel aut ignominiam finirent,

Liv. 25, 6:

totas semel absorbere placentas,

to swallow entire cakes at once, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24:

procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit,

once for all, Verg. A. 11, 418; cf.: nulla reparabilis arte Laesa pudicitia est;

deperit illa semel,

Ov. H. 5, 104:

semel aeternā nocte premenda fui,

id. ib. 10, 112:

nobis vero homicidio semel interdicto,

once for all, Tert. Apol. 9:

sic et semel Christus oblatus est,

Vulg. Heb. 9, 28; id. 1 Pet. 3, 18:

quoniam se semel a caeli contemplatione averterunt,

Lact. 6, 1, 7;

hence in Florus: semel in perpetuum,

Flor. 2, 12, 2:

semel et in perpetuum,

id. 3, 6, 7.—Of speech, at once, once for all, in a word, briefly:

cum postulasset, ut sibi fundus, cujus emptor erat, semel indicaretur,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 62 (for which, just before:

non plus quam semel): interim, quod pluribus collegit adversarius, satis est semel proponere,

Quint. 5, 13, 14; cf.:

ut semel, plura complectar,

id. 11, 1, 66; 1, 2, 24; 2, 15, 34:

ut semel dicam,

id. 10, 1, 17:

ut, quod sentio, semel finiam,

id. 5, 13, 3; cf.:

quisquam denique, ut semel finiam, in lite cantat?

id. 11, 3, 59; so (after denique) id. 10, 3, 22.—

In a succession = primum, primo, the first time, first:

demonstravimus, L. Vibullium Rufum bis in potestatem pervenisse Caesaris, semel ad Corfinium, iterum in Hispaniā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 10; so after bis, with iterum, Liv. 1, 19, 3; Suet. Caes. 36; id. Aug. 25; id. tib. 6 Oud.; 72; id. Claud. 6; after ter, with iterum and tertio, Liv. 23, 9, 11.—Without iterum, etc.:

cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint,

Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24; cf.:

uti exorta est semel,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 118.—

In gen., like primum, to denote the simple antecedence of an occurrence; hence, most freq. with the particles ut, ubi, quando, cum, si, etc., once, ever, at some time, at any time:

quod semel dixi, haud mutabo,

what I have once said, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 85:

quod Complacitum est semel,

id. Am. prol. 106:

satis sum semel deceptus,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

verebamini, ne non id facerem quod recepissem semel?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:

nec accidere, ut quisquam te timere incipiat eorum, qui semel a te sint liberati timore,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 39:

in id, quod semel invasit, incumbit,

Quint. 2, 12, 2:

retrahi nequitum, quoquo progressa est semel, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.—So too in the comically formed proper name: Quodsemelarripides,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 23.—With particles; with ut:

in hasce aedes pedem Nemo intro tetulit, semel ut emigravimus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40:

ut occepi semel,

id. Am. 3, 1, 13:

ut semel eloquentia evecta est,

Cic. Brut. 13, 51:

ut semel gloriam consecutus sum,

id. Att. 1, 19, 6; Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

denique ut semel finiam,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—With ubi:

ubi erit accubitum semel,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 105:

ubi animus semel cupiditate se devinxit malā,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 34; 2, 4, 12; Liv. 22, 2.—With quandoquidem:

perge, quandoquidem occepisti semel,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 34.—With quando:

quando in apertum semel discrimen evasura esset res,

Liv. 10, 14, 8.—With cum:

quae proclivius ad perniciem, cum semel coepit, labitur,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41.—With quoniam:

(Antonius) quoniam semel induxit animum, sibi licere quod vellet, etc.,

Cic. Att. 14, 13, 6;

Ov H. 12, 11: illam partem, quoniam semel ita vobis placuit, non recusabo quominus perpoliam,

Cic. de Or 2, 28, 121; id. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; id. Phil. 12, 7, 18; Liv. 40, 13, 7.—With si:

si semel amoris peculum accepit, Extemplo et ipsus periit et res,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 22; so,

si semel,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 42:

si istam semel amiseris libertatem,

id. ib. 3, 1, 106 Brix ad loc.; Ov. M. 13, 101:

si illum semel prehendero,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6:

si semel animum tuom perspexerit,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 69:

et semel emissum volat inrevocabile verbam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 71 (but, semel si, if once, if ever, whenever, as an emphatic numeral, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 66; id. Capt. 1, 2, 8; v. supra, I. init.).—With participles (several times in Liv. and Quint.): ut adversando remorandoque incitato semel militi adderent impetum, Liv. 2, 45, 7; so id. 5, 6, 8; 25, 6, 15; Quint. 4, 2, 115; 7, 10, 9; 10, 7, 24 al.

sempĭternus, a, um, adj. [semper; like hesternus and aeternus, from heri and aevum], everlasting, ever-during, perpetual, continual, imperishable, eternal, sempiternal (cf. aeternus init.;

very freq. and class.): fragile corpus animus sempiternus movet, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26; cf. id. N. D. 3, 12, 29:

immortalis memoria et sempiterna,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 15:

deorum vita sempiterna,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 3; cf.:

aevo sempiterno frui,

Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

ignes,

id. ib. 6, 15, 15; cf.:

cursus stellarum,

id. ib. 6, 17, 17:

gratias agere sempiternas,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 84:

amicus,

id. Most. 1, 3, 90; id. Pers. 1, 1, 36; cf.:

verae amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32; so,

hiemes,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4:

ignis Vestae,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18:

documentum Persarum sceleris,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

memoria amicitiae nostrae,

id. Lael. 4, 15:

odia,

id. ib. 10, 35:

consilium senatus,

id. Sest. 65, 137:

potentia,

Tac. A. 3, 30 et saep.:

nihil umquam nisi sempiternum et divinum animo volutare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

nihil nisi sempiternum spectare,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

in sempiternum,

forever, Vulg. Deut. 5, 29 et saep. — Adv., in three forms (not in Cic.), always, forever, perpetually. *

sempĭ-ternum, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 26.—

sem-pĭternō, Cato ap. Charis. p. 194 P.:

sempiterno permanet ea materia,

Vitr. 1, 5; 9, 1, 2; Sol. 35, 5.—

sempĭternē, Pac. ap. Non. 170, 20; Claud. Mam. Stat. An. 1, 3.

simplex, ĭcis (abl., regul. simplici;

simplice,

Lucr. 1, 1013), adj. [sim-; cf. Sanscr. sam, Gr. hama, with Lat. sin-guli, semel, sem-per; and plico].

In gen., simple, plain, uncompounded, unmixed, = haplous (cf.:

sincerus, purus): aut simplex est natura animantis, ut vel terrena sit, vel ignea, etc.... aut concreta est ex pluribus naturis,

Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 34:

natura (opp. mixta, conexa, etc.),

Lucr. 3, 231; Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 29; id. Sen. 21, 78:

si unum ac simplex (genus inperii) probandum sit, regium probem,

id. Rep. 1, 35, 54; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 43:

finis bonorum, qui simplex esse debet, ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari potest,

id. Off. 3, 33, 119:

(comoedia) Duplex quae ex argumento facta'st simplici,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 6:

(auditus) iter simplex et directum (opp. flexuosum),

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144:

simplex est manere, illud (in Hispaniam ire) anceps,

free from risk, id. Att. 12, 7, 1:

unum est et simplex aurium judicium,

free from complication, id. Font. 10, 22 (6, 12):

necessitudines,

unqualified, absolute, id. Inv. 2, 57, 171; cf.:

simplex officium atque una est bonorum omnium causa,

id. Sull. 3, 9:

nihil simplici in genere omnibus ex partibus perfectum natura expolivit,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

res aperta ac simplex,

id. Caecin. 2, 5:

ratio veritatis,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 229; Quint. 8, 3, 87:

decem regii lembi simplici ordine intrarunt urbem,

i. e. one by one, Liv. 44, 12, 6; Tac. H. 5, 23; cf.: simplici directā acie, simplicibus ordinibus, single, Auct. B. Alex. 37, 3 sq.:

acies,

id. B. Afr. 13, 2:

simplex acies media, cornibus duplex,

id. ib. 59, 2:

simplici caule,

Plin. 25, 7, 36, § 74: cum in eo ne simplici quidem genere mortis contenti inimici fuissent, i. e. not with his simple death, but must have torture, Liv. 40, 24, 8:

qui necem suam per venenum inimicis promiserat, non gravius quam simplici morte puniit,

Suet. Caes. 74:

qui proculcari nepotem, quam simplici morte interfici maluit,

Just. 44, 4, 4 al.:

nec via mortis erat simplex,

they died in various ways, Verg. G. 3, 482; cf.:

ne simplici quidem morte moriebantur, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. l. l. (H. 3, 25 Dietsch ad loc.): nec modus inserere atque oculos inponere simplex,

Verg. G. 2, 73:

vulnus,

Ov. M. 6, 254:

(tibia) tenuis simplexque foramine pauco,

Hor. A. P. 203:

simplici myrto nihil allabores,

id. C. 1, 38, 5:

esca,

id. S. 2, 2, 73:

jus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 64:

cibus,

Plin. 11, 53, 117, § 282:

aqua,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 32; Tac. G. 23:

arces dejecit plus vice simplici,

more than once, Hor. C. 4, 14, 13:

verba,

uncompounded, Quint. 1, 5, 3:

voces,

id. 1, 5, 65; but: ornatus verborum duplex, unus simplicium, alius conlocatorum, single, Cic. Or. 24, 80; cf.:

quaedam sunt in rebus simplicia, quaedam complicata,

id. Fat. 13, 30.— Comp.:

quantitas simplicior,

Quint. 11, 3, 15.— Sup.:

ex simplicissimā quāque materiā (opp. multiplex),

Quint. 10, 5, 10:

res,

id. 10, 2, 10.—

In partic., simple in a moral sense, without dissimulation, open, frank, straightforward, direct, guileless, artless, honest, sincere, ingenuous, etc. (cf. candidus).—Of persons:

cum de viro bono quaeritur, quem apertum et simplicem volumus esse, non sunt in disputando vafri, non veteratores, non malitiosi,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; id. Off. 1, 19, 63:

simplicem et communem et consentientem... eligi par est (opp. multiplex ingenium et tortuosum),

id. Lael. 18, 65; id. Ac. 2, 35, 112:

tuum hominis simplicis pectus vidimus,

id. Phil. 2, 43, 111; Liv. 24, 10; Hor. S. 1, 3, 52; 2, 2, 68; id. C. 2, 8, 14; Ov. H. 12, 90; 16, 285:

credebant simplices ac religiosi homines,

Liv. 24, 10, 6.—Of things:

fidelis et simplex et fautrix suorum regio,

Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

animal sine fraude dolisque, Innocuum, simplex,

Ov. M. 15, 121: animus, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

nihil simplex, nihil sincerum,

Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2:

virtus,

Vell. 2, 129, 1:

verba,

Suet. Tib. 61:

cogitationes,

Tac. G. 22.— Comp.:

simplicior quis,

too straightforward, too blunt, Hor. S. 1, 3, 63.— Sup.:

simplicissimi omnium habentur iracundi,

Sen. Ira, 2, 16, 3:

dux,

Vell. 2, 116, 4:

mens,

Petr. 101, 3.—Hence, adv.: simplĭcĭter (acc. to I.), simply, plainly, straightforwardly, naturally, directly, utterly, without reserve, = haplôs:

quorum (verborum) primum nobis ratio simpliciter videnda est, deinde conjuncte,

Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149:

quaedam genera causarum simpliciter ex suā vi considerantur,

id. Inv. 2, 33, 102:

ipsa inventa exponentur simpliciter sine ullā exornatione,

id. ib. 2, 3, 11:

locuti sunt simpliciter et splendide,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 68:

aut simpliciter quaeritur aut comparate,

id. Top. 22, 84:

si est simpliciter breviterque dicendum,

id. Off. 2, 9, 31; so (with breviter) id. Arch. 12, 32:

illud nomen simpliciter positum, hoc ad aliquid esse,

Quint. 1, 6, 13:

frondes Simpliciter positae, scaena sine arte fuit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 106; Tac. G. 5; cf. comp.:

brevius ac simplicius tradi,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

1: ignorare se dixit, quidnam perplexi sua legatio haberet, cum simpliciter ad amicitiam petendam venissent,

simply, purely, only, Liv. 34, 57, 6:

quidam ludere eum simpliciter, quidam haud dubie insanire, aiebant,

merely, only, id. 41, 20, 4:

Cyrenaica philosophia, quam ille et ejus posteri simpliciter defenderunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62:

in sententiā simpliciter e re publicā ferendā,

id. Red. ad Quir. 10, 24 B. and K.— Comp.:

molluscum simplicius sparsum,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.—

(Acc. to II.) Plainly, openly, frankly, artlessly, ingenuously, uprightly, honestly, candidly: simpliciter et candide, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

simpliciter scripserat quae sentiebat,

Curt. 7, 2, 36:

simpliciter et libere (opp. dissimulanter et furtim),

Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2:

simpliciter et palam lusit,

Suet. Aug. 71:

me amice simpliciterque reprehenderent,

Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 1:

qui se simpliciter credunt amicis,

id. ib. 6, 22, 1.— Comp.:

simultates simplicius nutrire (opp. callide),

Tac. H. 3, 53 fin.:

quo simplicius tibi confitebor,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 1; Quint. 1, 13, 2; Tac. H. 3, 53. — Sup.:

simplicissime loqui,

Tac. H. 1, 15 fin. —

In the singular number:

dicere,

Hier. in Matt. 1, 2 fin.