plain
plain
adj.
Level, flat: P. ὁμαλός, ἐπίπεδος, V. λευρός.
Smooth: P. and V. λεῖος.
Simple: P. and V. ἁπλοῦς. P. εἰλικρινής.
Candid: P. and V. ἁπλοῦς ; see plain-spoken.
In plain speech: P. and V. ἁπλῶς. V. ὡς ἁπλῷ λόγῳ.
Not beautiful, ugly: P. and V. αἰσχρός, P. μοχθηρός, V. δύσμορφος.
Without device: V. ἄ̆σημος.
Without embroidery (of stuffs): P. λεῖος (Thuc. 2. 97).
Easy to understand: P. and V. εὐμᾰθής (Xen.), σᾰφής, V. σῠνετός, εὐσύμβολος, εὐσύμβλητος, εὔσημος.
Clear: P. and V. δῆλος, ἔνδηλος, σᾰφής, ἐναργής, λαμπρός, φᾰνερός, διᾰφᾰνής, ἐκφᾰνής, ἐμφᾰνής, περῐφᾰνής, Ar. and P. εὔδηλος, κᾰτά̆δηλος, P. ἐπιφανής, καταφανής, V. σᾰφηνής, τορός, τρᾱνής, Ar. ἐπί̆δηλος.
Make plain, v.: P. and V. σᾰφηνίζειν (Xen.), διᾰσᾰφεῖν (Plat.), V. ὀμμᾰτοῦν, ἐξομμᾰτοῦν, ἐκσημαίνειν ; see show, explain.
adj.
Level, flat: P. ὁμαλός, ἐπίπεδος, V. λευρός.
Smooth: P. and V. λεῖος.
Simple: P. and V. ἁπλοῦς. P. εἰλικρινής.
Candid: P. and V. ἁπλοῦς ; see plain-spoken.
In plain speech: P. and V. ἁπλῶς. V. ὡς ἁπλῷ λόγῳ.
Not beautiful, ugly: P. and V. αἰσχρός, P. μοχθηρός, V. δύσμορφος.
Without device: V. ἄ̆σημος.
Without embroidery (of stuffs): P. λεῖος (Thuc. 2. 97).
Easy to understand: P. and V. εὐμᾰθής (Xen.), σᾰφής, V. σῠνετός, εὐσύμβολος, εὐσύμβλητος, εὔσημος.
Clear: P. and V. δῆλος, ἔνδηλος, σᾰφής, ἐναργής, λαμπρός, φᾰνερός, διᾰφᾰνής, ἐκφᾰνής, ἐμφᾰνής, περῐφᾰνής, Ar. and P. εὔδηλος, κᾰτά̆δηλος, P. ἐπιφανής, καταφανής, V. σᾰφηνής, τορός, τρᾱνής, Ar. ἐπί̆δηλος.
Make plain, v.: P. and V. σᾰφηνίζειν (Xen.), διᾰσᾰφεῖν (Plat.), V. ὀμμᾰτοῦν, ἐξομμᾰτοῦν, ἐκσημαίνειν ; see show, explain.
plain
subs.
P. and V. πεδίον, τό, V. πλάξ, ἡ.
Of the plain, adj.: P. and V. πεδιά̆ς (Plat. but rare P.), P. πεδιεινός.
Gods that haunt the plain: V. θεοὶ πεδιονόμοι.
subs.
P. and V. πεδίον, τό, V. πλάξ, ἡ.
Of the plain, adj.: P. and V. πεδιά̆ς (Plat. but rare P.), P. πεδιεινός.
Gods that haunt the plain: V. θεοὶ πεδιονόμοι.
PLAIN
adj.
Clear manifest clarus (clear to the sight and to the hearing; distinct; figuratively intelligible): manifestus perspicuus evidens (apparent to the eyes or to the mind): planus (not confused clear): lucidus dilucidus illustris (luminous): explicatus (not intricate): expressus (accurately expressed): distinctus (well-arranged methodical): a very plain handwriting litterae compositissimae atque clarissimae (Cic. Att. 6 9 1): a plain style sermo dilucidus or distinctus: a plain pronunciation os planum or explanatum (opposed to os confusum): a plain speech oratio plana et evidens; oratio dilucida or illustris: a plain image expressa effigies or imago: a plain description dilucida et significans descriptio: plain traces of the crime exist exstant expressa sceleris vestigia: it is plain constat; apparet; elucet; liquet (☞ constat refers to a truth made out and fixed; opposed to a wavering fancy or rumor whereas apparet elucet and liquet denote what is clear and evident; apparet under the idea of something stepping out of the background into sight; elucet under that of a light shining out of darkness; liquet under that of frozen water melted; Döderlein).
Unadorned simplex; nudus; inornatus.
Mere bare merus; nudus.
Level aequus; planus.
Honest candidus; apertus; sincerus.
adj.
Clear manifest clarus (clear to the sight and to the hearing; distinct; figuratively intelligible): manifestus perspicuus evidens (apparent to the eyes or to the mind): planus (not confused clear): lucidus dilucidus illustris (luminous): explicatus (not intricate): expressus (accurately expressed): distinctus (well-arranged methodical): a very plain handwriting litterae compositissimae atque clarissimae (Cic. Att. 6 9 1): a plain style sermo dilucidus or distinctus: a plain pronunciation os planum or explanatum (opposed to os confusum): a plain speech oratio plana et evidens; oratio dilucida or illustris: a plain image expressa effigies or imago: a plain description dilucida et significans descriptio: plain traces of the crime exist exstant expressa sceleris vestigia: it is plain constat; apparet; elucet; liquet (☞ constat refers to a truth made out and fixed; opposed to a wavering fancy or rumor whereas apparet elucet and liquet denote what is clear and evident; apparet under the idea of something stepping out of the background into sight; elucet under that of a light shining out of darkness; liquet under that of frozen water melted; Döderlein).
Unadorned simplex; nudus; inornatus.
Mere bare merus; nudus.
Level aequus; planus.
Honest candidus; apertus; sincerus.
s. planities; aequus et planus locus (level ground): campus (with or without planus or apertus; opposed to a chain of mountains): aequor (any extended surface frequent in the poets but found also in Cic.; e.g. De Div. 1 42 init.): aequata planities exaequatio (a place made level; ☞ not planum in the foregoing sense; it is = a plane in geometry: camporum aequor can be applied only to a very large plain and is somewhat poetical): that dwells grows etc. in a plain campester: the Egyptians and Babylonians inhabited extensive plains Aegyptii et Babylonii in camporum patentium aequoribus habitabant (Cic. loc. cit.).
plain (subs.):
1. campus: p.s and mountains, c. et montes, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94: they live in the expanses of extended p.s, in camporum patentium aequoribus habitant, ib. § 93: very extended p.s, apertissimi c., Caes. B. G. 3, 26.
2. plānĭties, ēi (a level tract: usu. of less extent than campus): between the town and the hill was a p., erat inter oppidum et collem p., Caes. B. C. 1, 43: Sall.
3. aequor, ŏris, n. (level expanse on water or land): cf. supr. (1). Belonging to the p. (as opp. to the hills), campester, tris, tre: villages situated in p.s, vici campestres, Liv. 40, 58: a march through the p., c. iter, Caes. B. C. 1, 66: neut. pl. used as subs.: Tac. G. 43: Plin.
1. campus: p.s and mountains, c. et montes, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94: they live in the expanses of extended p.s, in camporum patentium aequoribus habitant, ib. § 93: very extended p.s, apertissimi c., Caes. B. G. 3, 26.
2. plānĭties, ēi (a level tract: usu. of less extent than campus): between the town and the hill was a p., erat inter oppidum et collem p., Caes. B. C. 1, 43: Sall.
3. aequor, ŏris, n. (level expanse on water or land): cf. supr. (1). Belonging to the p. (as opp. to the hills), campester, tris, tre: villages situated in p.s, vici campestres, Liv. 40, 58: a march through the p., c. iter, Caes. B. C. 1, 66: neut. pl. used as subs.: Tac. G. 43: Plin.
plain (adj.):
I. Unadorned:
1. pressus (of style; curtailed of all redundancy or ornament): in diction, narrative is mostly p., verbis narratio saepius pr est, Quint. 9, 4, 134: cf. id. 10, 2, 16, fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles (i. e. instead of p., they are jejune): also, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: Plin. min.
2. subtīlis, e (a term frequent in critical lang., and denoting the precise, unadorned, unambitious style suitable to narration or argument): Quint. 12, 10, 58, sqq.: also, Cic. Or. 23, 78, haec subtilis oratio, quasi incompta, delectat): Join: subtilis [quaedam] et pressa oratio, Cic. Or. 5, extr.
3, tĕnuis (like subtilis): Join: tenuis atque inornatus, ib. 9, 29.
4. simplex v.SIMPLE . (Cf. Hor. Od. 1, 5, 5, simplex munditiis, "plain in thy neatness," Milt.)
5. incomptus (absolutely unadorned, having no attention paid to person or style): Cic.: Quint. (v. supr. 2).
6. pūrus (of gold or silver work; not chased or otherwise wrought): p. silver (plate), argentum p., Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 49 Juv. Phr.: his style of dress was neat but p., *in vestitu decori studiosus erat sed extra omnes elegantias munditiasque.
II. Clear, without obscurity:
1. ăpertus: v.OBVIOUS , MANIFEST . Join: tam apertum tamque perspicuum, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, init.
2. plānus (presenting no difficulties; whereas apertus indicates the prima facie obviousness of a thing): to make anything abundantly p. to any one, aliquid cumulate p. facere alicui, Cic. Verr. 5, 64, init.: Plin.
3. perspĭcuus, clārus, etc.: v.CLEAR , EVIDENT , PERSPICUOUS .
4. explĭcātus (like planus): an easy and p. case, causa facilis et ex., Cic. Plan. 2, 5.
III. Frank, outspoken:
1. simplex, ĭcis: a trifle too p. (and blunt), simplicior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 63: p. words, s. verba, Suet. Tib. 61, med
2. sincērus: v.SINCERE . Phr.: you have been so exceedingly p. with me! ita aperte ipsam rem locutus, nil circuitione usus es! Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 31: I and you are perfectly p. with each other, ego ac tu simplicissime inter nos loquimur, Tac. H. 1, 15, fin.: v. PLAINLY .
IV. Of diet, not mixed: simplex p. food, s. esca, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73 Plin.: cf. Suet. Aug. 76 (cibus vulgaris).
I. Unadorned:
1. pressus (of style; curtailed of all redundancy or ornament): in diction, narrative is mostly p., verbis narratio saepius pr est, Quint. 9, 4, 134: cf. id. 10, 2, 16, fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles (i. e. instead of p., they are jejune): also, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: Plin. min.
2. subtīlis, e (a term frequent in critical lang., and denoting the precise, unadorned, unambitious style suitable to narration or argument): Quint. 12, 10, 58, sqq.: also, Cic. Or. 23, 78, haec subtilis oratio, quasi incompta, delectat): Join: subtilis [quaedam] et pressa oratio, Cic. Or. 5, extr.
3, tĕnuis (like subtilis): Join: tenuis atque inornatus, ib. 9, 29.
4. simplex v.
5. incomptus (absolutely unadorned, having no attention paid to person or style): Cic.: Quint. (v. supr. 2).
6. pūrus (of gold or silver work; not chased or otherwise wrought): p. silver (plate), argentum p., Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 49 Juv. Phr.: his style of dress was neat but p., *in vestitu decori studiosus erat sed extra omnes elegantias munditiasque.
II. Clear, without obscurity:
1. ăpertus: v.
2. plānus (presenting no difficulties; whereas apertus indicates the prima facie obviousness of a thing): to make anything abundantly p. to any one, aliquid cumulate p. facere alicui, Cic. Verr. 5, 64, init.: Plin.
3. perspĭcuus, clārus, etc.: v.
4. explĭcātus (like planus): an easy and p. case, causa facilis et ex., Cic. Plan. 2, 5.
III. Frank, outspoken:
1. simplex, ĭcis: a trifle too p. (and blunt), simplicior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 63: p. words, s. verba, Suet. Tib. 61, med
2. sincērus: v.
IV. Of diet, not mixed: simplex p. food, s. esca, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73 Plin.: cf. Suet. Aug. 76 (cibus vulgaris).
σαφής
clear, plain, distinct, manifest
πεδίον
πεδίον, πεδίου, τό, plain
λεῖος
smooth, plain, not embroidered
κατάδηλος
quite manifest, plain, visible
Lat. campus, plain
Κίρκαιος
of Circe, a plain in Colchis
Λήλαντον
the Lelantine plain
λιτός
smooth, plain
πλάξ
a flat surface, flat land, a plain
τρανόω
to make clear, plain, distinct
ἀδαίδαλτος
not carved, plain
ἀπέριττος
without superfluity, plain, simple
ἁπλοϊκός
simple, natural, plain
Ἀπία
a plain in Mysia
Ὀμφάλιον
Omphalium, plain in Crete
clear, plain, distinct, manifest
πεδίον
πεδίον, πεδίου, τό, plain
λεῖος
smooth, plain, not embroidered
κατάδηλος
quite manifest, plain, visible
appearing fewer than 50 times
ΚάμποςLat. campus, plain
Κίρκαιος
of Circe, a plain in Colchis
Λήλαντον
the Lelantine plain
λιτός
smooth, plain
πλάξ
a flat surface, flat land, a plain
τρανόω
to make clear, plain, distinct
ἀδαίδαλτος
not carved, plain
ἀπέριττος
without superfluity, plain, simple
ἁπλοϊκός
simple, natural, plain
Ἀπία
a plain in Mysia
Ὀμφάλιον
Omphalium, plain in Crete
aequus
even, plain, level, flat; fair, reasonable
campus
a plain, field, open country, level place
manifestus
clear, plain, apparent, evident, manifest, exposed, caught in the act
simplex
simple, single, plain, uncompounded, unmixed
planities
a flat surface, level ground, plain
evidens
looking out, obvious, apparent, manifest, plain, clear, evident
compareo
to be evident, appear, be plain, be visible
a plain, level
explanatus
plain, distinct
explicatus
spread out; plain, clear
expressus
clearly exhibited, distinct, manifest, clear, plain, express
insignitus
marked, clear, plain
even, plain, level, flat; fair, reasonable
campus
a plain, field, open country, level place
manifestus
clear, plain, apparent, evident, manifest, exposed, caught in the act
simplex
simple, single, plain, uncompounded, unmixed
planities
a flat surface, level ground, plain
evidens
looking out, obvious, apparent, manifest, plain, clear, evident
compareo
to be evident, appear, be plain, be visible
appearing fewer than 50 times
aequuma plain, level
explanatus
plain, distinct
explicatus
spread out; plain, clear
expressus
clearly exhibited, distinct, manifest, clear, plain, express
insignitus
marked, clear, plain