simple

simple
adj.
P. and V. ἁπλοῦς.
Sheer, absolute: P. εἰλικρινής, ἁπλοῦς, ἄκρατος.
Guileless: P. ἄκακος, Ar. and P. ἄ̆δολος, V. ἀ̆φυής (Soph. Phil. 1014).
Foolish: P. and V. εὐήθης ; see foolish.
Easily deceived: P. εὐεξαπάτητος, εὐαπάτητος.

simple
subs.
See remedy.

SIMPLE

PROP. simplex (like ἁπλοῦς in almost all the senses of the English word): attenuatus: nudus (without ornament; of a speech). Simple food cibus simplex (not artificially prepared): simple dress vestis non pretiosa: the soul is a simple substance (i.e. not compounded) natura animi simplex est; nihil in animis est mixtum atque concretum.

Plain Vid:

Artless (as praise rather than not) simplex: sine affectatione (of persons): apertus (open-hearted; homo animus etc.): nullo cultu (without ornament or polish; of things): (as blame rather than not) non artificiosus: inconditus.

Wanting art unskillful artis non peritus: artis ignarus.

Silly stupidus: hebetioris ingenii. I am not so simple as to think etc. non is sum qui credam etc.: ☞ not simplex in this sense.

simple (adj.):

I. Not complex: simplex, ĭcis: opp. concretus ex pluribus naturis (compound), Cic. N. D. 3, 14, init.: opp. copulatus, id. Fat. 13, 30 (where the reference is to absolute and related propositions): Ter.

II. Not elaborate:

1. simplex: Hor. Od. 1, 5, 5: s. food, s. esca, id. S. 2, 2, 73: s. cibus, Plin. 11, 53, 117. Join: simplex atque inaffectatus, Quint. 9, 4, 17.

2. rŭdis (unpolished): Join: rudia et incompositis similia (dicere), Quint. l. c.: v. RUDE.

3. incondĭtus (put together without art): s. strains, i. carmina, Liv. 4, 20, init.: Cic.

III. Artless, free from guile and suspicion:

1. simplex: Join: (vir) apertus et simplex, Cic. Rep. 3, 16: s. fortisque (of a blunt outspoken character), Hor. S. 1, 3, 52: nihil simplex, nihil sincerum, Cic. Att. 10, 6.

2. sincērus: v. SINCERE, FRANK.

IV. Weak-minded: ĭneptus: v. FOOLISH. (Hebetioris ingenii, R. and A.) Phr.: I am not so s. as to believe, non is sum qui credam, ib. Sometimes credulus may be the right word: cf. Virg. E. 9, 34, non ego credulus illis, I am not so s. as to believe them: also Hor. Od. 1, 5, 9, qui nunc te fruitur credulus (simple youth!) aurea.

V. Sheer, without qualification: mĕrus, germānus: v. SHEER, GENUINE.

simple (subs.): usu. pl., simples: herbae medicae s. medicinales: v. MEDICINAL.

ἁπλόος
ἁπλοῦς, single; simple, straightforward
φαῦλος
slight, indifferent, trivial, common, simple

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αὐτοσχιδής
simply slit: simple
μονοείλητος
simple
προβατώδης
like a sheep, simple
σινπλαρία
simple
ἀπέριττος
without superfluity, plain, simple
ἀπερίεργος
not over-busy, artless, simple
ἀπεριέργαστος
not wrought carefully, simple
ἀποίκιλος
unadorned, simple
ἀτεχνίτευτος
artless, simple
ἁπλοΐς
simple, single
ἁπλοειδής
simple
ἁπλοϊκός
simple, natural, plain
ἑνοειδής
single, simple