ἁπλόος

See also: ἄπλοος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ἁ- (ha-, one, same) + -πλόος (-plóos, -fold). Compare Latin simplex.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ᾰ̔πλόος • (haplóos) m (feminine ᾰ̔πλόη, neuter ᾰ̔πλόον); first/second declension

  1. single; onefold
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.18.4:
      ἀφικνοῦνται καὶ περιτειχίζουσι Μυτιλήνην ἐν κύκλῳ ἁπλῷ τείχει
      aphiknoûntai kaì periteikhízousi Mutilḗnēn en kúklōi haplôi teíkhei
      [...] and arriving at Mitylene built a single wall all round it [...]
  2. simple
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 8.36:
      ἀλλὰ κελεύθοις ἁπλόαις ζωᾶς ἐφαπτοίμαν, θανὼν ὡς παισὶ κλέος μὴ τὸ δύσφαμον προσάψω
      allà keleúthois haplóais zōâs ephaptoíman, thanṑn hōs paisì kléos mḕ tò dúsphamon prosápsō
      May I rather stick to the simple paths of life, so that when I die I will not fasten a bad name to my children.
    • 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 979:
      κἀκεῖνον ἢ ’μὲ δεῖ θανεῖν: ἁπλοῦς λόγος
      kakeînon ḕ ’mè deî thaneîn: haploûs lógos
      He or I must die; the matter is simple.
  3. honest, candid
    • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 361b:
      ἄνδρα ἁπλοῦν καὶ γενναῖον, κατ’ Αἰσχύλον οὐ δοκεῖν ἀλλ’ εἶναι ἀγαθὸν ἐθέλοντα
      ándra haploûn kaì gennaîon, kat’ Aiskhúlon ou dokeîn all’ eînai agathòn ethélonta
      an honest and noble man who, in the phrase of Aeschylus, does not wish to seem, but be, good.
  4. simple-minded
    • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Nicocles 46:
      φθονοῦσι μὲν τοῖς εὖ φρονοῦσιν, ἁπλοῦς δ’ ἡγοῦνται τοὺς νοῦν οὐκ ἔχοντας
      phthonoûsi mèn toîs eû phronoûsin, haploûs d’ hēgoûntai toùs noûn ouk ékhontas
      They look upon men of wisdom with suspicion, while they regard men of no understanding as simple-minded.
  5. (metallogy) unalloyed, pure

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἁπλαῖ (haplaî)
  • ἁπλοειδής (haploeidḗs)
  • ἅπλοθριξ (háplothrix)
  • ἁπλοΐζομαι (haploḯzomai)
  • ἁπλοϊκός (haploïkós)
  • ἁπλοΐς (haploḯs)
  • Ἁπλοκύων (Haplokúōn)
  • ἁπλοπαθής (haplopathḗs)
  • ἁπλοσύνη (haplosúnē)
  • ἁπλοσχήμων (haploskhḗmōn)
  • ἁπλότης (haplótēs)
  • ἁπλοτομέω (haplotoméō)
  • ἁπλοτομία (haplotomía)
  • ἁπλόω (haplóō)

Descendants

  • English: haplo-
  • Greek: απλός (aplós)

References

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