- ἁπλῶς
- ἁπλῶς adv. fr. ἁπλοῦς (Aeschyl.+).① pert. to being straightforward, simply, above board, sincerely, openly of guileless response to someth. that arrests one’s attention (Demosth. 23, 178; M. Ant. 3, 6, 3 al.; Epict. 2, 2, 13; Philo, Ebr. 76; Just., D. 65, 2; Ath., R. 60, 32 al.; Iren. 5, 30, 1 [Harv. II 407, 6; w. ἀκακῶς]) w. διδόναι without reservation Js 1:5 (s. MDibelius ad loc.; HRiesenfeld, ConNeot 9, ’44, 33–41); Hm 2:4 without having second thoughts about the donation (s. ἁπλότης 1) ἁ. τι τελέσαι fulfill someth. without reservation Hm 2:6a, cp. b. Pray wholeheartedly, with confidence προσευχὰς ἀναφέρειν 2 Cl 2:2. Comp. ἁπλούστερον (Isaeus 4, 2) γράφειν write very plainly B 6:5 (cp. Iren. 1, prol. 3 [Harv. I 6, 5]).② pert. to simplicity in verbal expressionⓐ in short, in a word (Epict. 3, 15, 3; 3, 22, 96; Just., A I, 67, 6 ἁ. πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν χρείᾳ οὖσι ‘in brief, all who are in need’, D. 5, 4 al.; Iren., 1, 18, 3 [Harv. I 172, 17]) ἁ. εἰπεῖν (TestAbr 10 p. 87, 27 [Stone p. 22]; 17 p. 99, 28 [St. p. 46]) to put it succinctly Dg 6:1 (the mng. frankly or bluntly i.e. not obliquely or deviously [M. Ant. 5, 7, 2; schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 2, 844–47a ἁπλῶς κ. κατὰ ἀλήθειαν ἐξειπεῖν=to state it simply and as it really is] is less prob. here, for the preceding context consists of explicit details).ⓑ simply, at all w. neg. expr. (reff. in Riesenf., op. cit. 37f, and Theopomp. [IV B.C.]: 115 Fgm. 224 Jac. p. 582, 18 ἁ. οὐδείς; Diod S 3, 8, 5 ἁ. οὐ; Just., A II, 2, 16, D. 6, 1; Eur., Rhesus 851) ἁ. οὐ δύναμαι ἐξηγήσασθαι I simply cannot describe ApcPt 3:9.—M-M. Spicq.
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