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, IG14.1839. 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, AP5.41 (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.