- ἁπλόος
- ἁπλόος, ἁπλοῦςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `single, simple' (A.; but see ἁπλοΐς below).Other forms: hapax ἁπλός An. Ox. 2, 231Compounds: διπλόος, διπλοῦς, also διπλός `zweifach, doppelt, duplus' (seit Hom.).Derivatives: ἁπλοΐς f. (χλαῖνα, Il.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Opposite διπλόος, διπλοῦς `twofold, double' (Il.); late διπλός (Opp.). Connection of ἁπλός with Lat. simplus, Lat. du-plus, Germ. e.g. Goth. twei-fl (acc.) `doubt, Zweifel' is improbable as Gr. -πλος is late and rare. One supposes a root *pel- `fold' for the *-plo-forms, but ἁπλόος is still unexplained. (Kretschmer Glotta 12, 218 thought of sec. influence of -πλόϜος `sailing', to πλέω. Cf. διπλάσιος.Page in Frisk: 1,121-122
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.