ἀφελής

A. without a stone, even, smooth, διὰ τῶν ἀφελῶν πεδίων Ar. Eq. 527.

II. artless, simple, of persons, S. Fr. 723, D. Ep. 4.11, Luc. DDeor. 4.3; εὔκολος καὶ ἀ. Plu. Cat. Ma. 6; ἀφελέστατοι τῶν πρότερον Phylarch. 43; frater ἀφελέστατος Cic. Att. 1.18.1; ἀ. κατὰ τὴν ἐσθῆτα Plb. 11.10.3; also ἀ. ἐντεύξεις Id. 18.49.4; ἀ. ψυχή simple, in good sense, IG 14.1839. Adv. ‐λῶς, ἔχειν Plb. 38.7.4; μετρίως καὶ ἀ. οἰκεῖν Plu. Pomp. 40; naively, Cic. QF 1.2.3 (prob.); πολλὰ ἀ. πιστεύσας ἀπώλεσεν Vett.Val. 168.23.

b. in bad sense, bold, brazen, AP 5.41 (Rufin.). Adv. ‐λῶς, παίζουσα dub. l. in Thgn. 1211; κατηγορίαν ποιήσασθαι Aristid. 2.116J.

2. Rhet., simple, not intricate or involved, opp. ἐν κώλοις, περίοδος Arist. Rh. 1409b16: generally, of style, affecting simplicity or artlessness, τὸ ἀ. D.H. Comp. 22; λέξις λιτὴ καὶ ἀ. Id. Dem. 2; φράσις ἰσχνὴ καὶ ἀ. Id. Pomp. 2; λέξις ἀ. καὶ ἄθρυπτος Plu. Lyc. 21; ἀφέλεια ‐εστέρα Hermog. Id. 2.12. Adv. ‐λῶς, γράφειν ib.10.