Ἁπλῶς
simply
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Jul 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] from necessity; or as at first, and not in another respect.
"They simply had no conception of the things to come; but regarding the very appearance of the ambassadors as ominous they fell into all kinds of lamentations [and wailings]."1
"Simply" [means] without qualification.2
Polybius [writes]: "than which a more unsuitable time has simply not occurred."3
Meaning from necessity, or as at first.
"They simply had no conception of the things to come; but regarding the very appearance of the ambassadors as ominous they fell into all kinds of lamentations [and wailings]."1
"Simply" [means] without qualification.2
Polybius [writes]: "than which a more unsuitable time has simply not occurred."3
Meaning from necessity, or as at first.