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ἁπλόω

ἁπλόω, to make single, to unfold, stretch out

ἁπλόω, (ἁπλοῦς)
  • make single, unfold, spread out, οὐρήν Batr. 74 (v. l.), cf. 80; σῶμα AP 11.107 (Lucill.); ἱστία Orph. A. 360, etc.; σαγήνην Alciphr. 3.3; φάλαγγα Paus. 4.11.2; δακτύλους Sor. 1.73; ἁ. τὸν ἄργυρον beat it thin, Anacreont. 4.5; expose a wound, Just. Nov. 111 Pr.:—Pass., ἀγρευθεὶς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἡπλώθη [the fish] lay stretched out . ., Babr. 4.5; ἀσπάραγος χαίρει γῇ ἡπλωμένῃ open ground, Gp. 12.18.1; ἁπλωθέντων ἱστίων Lib. Or. 11.264:—Med., AP 10.9, Orph. A. 278, D.P. 235.
      • 2 metaph., ἅπλωσον σεαυτόν be simple, M.Ant. 4.26:—Pass., to be simplified, Plot. 6.7.35; but, to be expanded, Id. 3.5.9 (fort. ἐξαπλ-).
      • 3 make plain, ὁδόν LXX Jb. 22.3.

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