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τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
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[[satiate]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκπιμπλάναι]], [[ἐμπιπλάναι]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀποπιμπλάναι]], [[ἀποπληροῦν]]. | |||
[[pay]]: [[prose|P.]] [[διαλύω]], [[διαλύειν]]; see [[pay]]. | |||
[[please]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀρέσκειν]] (acc. or dat.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] also [[verse|V.]] [[ἁνδάνειν]] (dat.). | |||
[[appease]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πραΰνειν]]; see [[appease]]. | |||
[[convince]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πείθειν]]. | |||
[[be enough for]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀρκεῖν]] (dat.). [[ἐξαρκεῖν]] (dat.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἀποχρῆν]] (dat.). | |||
[[neither Greece nor alien land is big enough to satisfy the man's ambition]]: [[prose|P.]] [[οὔθ]]' ἡ [[Ἑλλὰς οὔθ]]' ἡ [[βάρβαρος τὴν πλεονεξίαν χωρεῖ τἀνθρώπου]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 118). | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:15, 10 December 2020
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
satiate: P. and V. ἐκπιμπλάναι, ἐμπιπλάναι, P. ἀποπιμπλάναι, ἀποπληροῦν.
pay: P. διαλύω, διαλύειν; see pay.
please: P. and V. ἀρέσκειν (acc. or dat.), Ar. also V. ἁνδάνειν (dat.).
appease: P. and V. πραΰνειν; see appease.
be enough for: P. and V. ἀρκεῖν (dat.). ἐξαρκεῖν (dat.), Ar. and P. ἀποχρῆν (dat.).
neither Greece nor alien land is big enough to satisfy the man's ambition: P. οὔθ' ἡ Ἑλλὰς οὔθ' ἡ βάρβαρος τὴν πλεονεξίαν χωρεῖ τἀνθρώπου (Dem. 118).
