simplicity Copy link Outline I. State of not being compoundedII. Plainness, as opp. to elaborationIII. Artlessness, freedom from guileIV. Folly • simplicity: I. State of not being compounded: simplĭcĭtas: Lucr. 1, 609. Also simplex natura: v. simple (I.). II. Plainness, as opp. to elaboration: perh. simplex cultus (v. simple, II.): he studied s. of attire not without elegance, *vestitu simplici nec eo tamen minus eleganti utebatur: books written for children should be marked by s., *quae puerorum in usum scribuntur simplicia ac plana esse oportet. III. Artlessness, freedom from guile: simplĭcĭtas: the s. of an incautious youth, s. juvenis incauti, Liv. 40, 23, init.: Quint.: Ov. Phr.: old-fashioned country s., antiqua rusticitas, Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 4. IV. Folly: stultĭtia, stŭpor, (sometimes) crēdŭlĭtas: v. FOOLISHNESS, credulity.
SIMPLICITY Copy link • SIMPLICITYsimplicitas (general term, PROP. and IMPROP.): ἀτεχνία, or pure Latin nulla ars (Vid: Quint., 2, 20, 2; artlessness): natura (nature itself; e.g., mentis; Vid: Quint. 10, 2, 5): veritas (the truth, or the simple truth; also simplicitas in this sense). Simplicity of expression, pressa et tenuia (nominative plur.): simplicity in dress, vestis non pretiosa: rural simplicity, rusticitas (i. e., sincerity, straightforward conduct of the peasant). In a bad sense = silliness, stupiditas (stupidity): ingenium hebes (slowness, dulness). Vid: also, SILLINESS.