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ἁπλόος

haploos

twofold

Appears 279 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἁπλόος, 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 τόσʼ 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.), 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, SIG 901.9 (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 II.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 AP 6.185 (Zos.). (Cf. δι-πλόος; ἁ- = sṃ; -πλόος perh. identical with πλοῦς ‘voyage’, cf. Serb. jedan put ʼ(one journey, hence) onceʼ; transition from ‘once’ to ‘simple’ as in Lett. vienkaršs ‘simple’ (cf. Lith. vienkart ‘onceʼ).)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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