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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

Examples

  • Κνήμησ δὲ δύο, ἄνωθεν καὶ κάτωθεν ξυνεχόμενα, κατὰ μέσον δὲ διέχοντα σμικρόν‧ τὸ ἔξωθεν, κατὰ τὸν σμικρὸν δάκτυλον λεπτότερον βραχεῖ, πλεῖστον δὲ ταύτῃ διεχούσῃ καὶ σμικροτέρῃ Ῥοπῇ κατὰ γόνυ, καὶ ὁ τένων ἐξ αὐτοῦ πέφυκεν, ὁ παρὰ τὴν ἰγγύην ἔξω‧ ἔχουσι δὲ κάτωθεν κοινὴν ἐπίφυσιν, πρὸσ ἣν ὁ ποὺσ κινέεται‧ ἄλλην δὲ ἄνωθεν ἔχουσιν ἐπίφυσιν, ἐν ᾗ τὸ τοῦ μηροῦ ἄρθρον κινέεται, ἁπλόον καὶ εὐσταλὲσ ὡσ ἐπὶ μήκει‧ εἶδοσ κονδυλῶδεσ, ἔχον ἐπιμυλίδα‧ αὐτὸσ δ’ ἔγκυ ρτοσ ἔξω καὶ ἔμπροσθεν‧ ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ ἐπίφυσίσ ἐστι στρογγύλη, ἐξ ἧσ τὸ νεῦρον τὸ ἐν τῇ κοτύλῃ τοῦ ἰσχίου πέφυκεν‧ ὑποπλάγιον δὲ καὶ τοῦτο προσήρτηται, ἧσσον δὲ βραχίονοσ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., MOXLIKOS., 1.2)

Synonyms

  1. single

  2. simple

  3. honest

  4. simple-minded

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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