ἁπλ-ῶς,
Adv. of ἁπλοῦς,
1. singly, in one way, μένειν ἁ. ἐν τῇ αὑτοῦ μορφῇ Pl. R. 381c, etc.; ἁ. λέγεσθαι in one sense, opp. πολλαχῶς, Arist. Top. 158b10; ἁ. λεγόμενα, opp. συμπλεκόμενα, Id. Metaph. 1014a19, cf. Ph. 195b15; opp. κατ’ ἀλλήλων λέγεσθαι, without distinction of subject and predicate, Metaph. 1041b1; ἐσθλοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἁ. παντοδαπῶς δὲ κακοί Poët. ap. EN 1106b35, etc. II simply, plainly, ἀλλ’ ἁ. φράσον A. Supp. 464; ἁ. τι φράζουσ’ Id. Ch. 121; ἁ. εἰπεῖν Isoc. 4.154; λαλεῖν Anaxil. 22.23. openly, frankly, Isoc. 3.52, X. HG 4.1.37; in good faith, D. 18.308, etc.: in bad sense, ἁ. ἔχειν to be a simpleton, Isoc. 4.16. in its natural state, uncooked, of food, Jul. Or. 6.192b.
2. simply, absolutely, ἁ. ἀδύνατον Th. 3.45; τῶν νεῶν κατέδυ οὐδεμία ἁ. no ship was absolutely sunk (though some were disabled), Id. 7.34; ἁ. οὐδὲ ἕν.. συνίημι Philem. 123; ὅσ’ ἐστὶν ἀγαθὰ.. ἁ. simply all the good things there are, Ar. Ach. 873; ἔδωκ’ ἐμαυτὸν ὑμῖν ἁ. D. 18.179; ἁ. absolutely, opp. κατά τι (relatively), Arist. Top. 115b12; opp. πρός τι, APr. 41a5; opp. πρὸς ἡμᾶς, APo. 72a3; opp. τιϝί, Top. 116a21; ἁ. βαρύ, κοῦφον, μαλακόν, etc., Cael. 311a17, 27, Mete. 386b32, al.; τὸ ἁ. καλόν, τὸ ἁ. ἀγαθόν, etc., EN 1136b22, 1134b4, al.; opp. ὁτιοῦν (in some particular), Pol. 1301a29; strengthd. ἁ. οὕτως Pl. Grg. 468c, D. 21.99; τὴν ἁ. δίκην absolute, strict justice, opp. τοὐπιεικές and χάρις, S. Fr. 770; ἡ τελεία καὶ ἁ. κακία Arist. EN 1138a33; τὸ ἁ. the absolute, Dam. [Pro 5:1-23]: Comp. ἁπλούστερον [Isa 4:2]; -τερως Str. 6.2.4: Sup. ἁπλούστατα Pl. Lg. 921b.
3. in a word, E. Rh. 851, X. Cyr. 1.6.33, Mem. 1.3.2, etc.
4. generally, opp. σαφέστερον, Arist. Pol. 1341b39, al.; ὡς ἁ. εἰπεῖν ib. 1285a31, EN 1115a8, al.; ἁ. δηλῶσαι Hell.Oxy. 11.4; τὸν ἀκριβῶς ἐπιστάμενον λέγειν ἁ. οὐκ ἂν δυνάμενον εἰπεῖν Isoc. 4.11, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 100, 243: in bad sense, loosely, superficially, λίαν ἁ. Arist. Metaph. 987a21, GA 756b17, al.; οὐχ ἁ. φέρειν not lightly, E. IA 899.
5. foolishly, Plu. 2.72b.