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ἁπλόος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁπλόος ἁπλόη ἁπλόον

Structure: ἁπλο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from a(/ma as Lat. simplex from simul, opp. to diplo/os, duplex, twofold.

Sense

  1. single
  2. simple
  3. honest, candid
  4. simple-minded
  5. (metallogy) unalloyed, pure

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἁπλόος ἁπλόη ἁπλόον
Genitive ἁπλόου ἁπλόης ἁπλόου
Dative ἁπλόῳ ἁπλόῃ ἁπλόῳ
Accusative ἁπλόον ἁπλόην ἁπλόον
Vocative ἁπλόε ἁπλόη ἁπλόον
DualN/A/V ἁπλόω ἁπλόᾱ ἁπλόω
G/D ἁπλόοιν ἁπλόαιν ἁπλόοιν
PluralNominative ἁπλόοι ἁπλόαι ἁπλόα
Genitive ἁπλόων ἁπλοῶν ἁπλόων
Dative ἁπλόοις ἁπλόαις ἁπλόοις
Accusative ἁπλόους ἁπλόᾱς ἁπλόα
Vocative ἁπλόοι ἁπλόαι ἁπλόα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἁπλόος ἁπλόου ἁπλοώτερος ἁπλοωτέρου ἁπλοώτατος ἁπλοωτάτου
Adverb ἁπλόως ἁπλοώτερον ἁπλοώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • βίοσ δ’ ἀπράγμων τοῖσ γέρουσι συμφέρει μάλιστα δ’ ει’ τύχοιεν ἁπλόοι τρόποισ ἢ μακκοᾶν μέλλοιεν ἢ ληρεῖν ὅλωσ, ὅπερ γερόντων ἐστίν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 133)
  • διὸ δεῖ μὴ καθάπερ οἱ ἄπλοοι ναύκληροι πολλὰ δι’ ἀπληστίαν ἐμβαλόμενοι, τοὐντεῦθεν ἢδη διατελοῦσιν ἀντλοῦντεσ καὶ· (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 10 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. single

  2. simple

  3. honest

  4. simple-minded

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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