Simplicius

American  

[sim-plish-ee-uhs] / sɪmˈplɪʃ i əs /

noun

1. Saint, died a.d. 483, pope 468–483.

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Example Sentences

One interesting detail that he took from the original libretto but expanded was the way the innocent, rustic Simplicius equates the terror of the soldiers with a wolf that kills his sheep.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2016

Sleuthing under pseudonyms including Dr. Simplicius and Plagin Hood, dozens of German scholars spend hours of their own time scouring obscure theses for questionable citations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2016

Of this last phase of Greek scepticism, Aenesidemus, a contemporary of Cicero, is the earliest example, and later we have the well-known names of Simplicius and Sextus Empiricus.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

Grimmelshausen, in his Simplicius Simplicissimus, one of the greatest satires ever written, gives a horribly revolting picture of women in camp during the Thirty Years' War.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann

Acacius, a few years before, had denounced to Pope Simplicius himself this Peter the Stammerer as an adulterer, robber, and son of darkness.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)