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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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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">change the elementary nature of</b> a thing, <b class="b3">μ. γῆν</b> <b class="b2">transform</b> earth into water, of Xerxes, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.674</span>:—Pass., δράκων εἰς βακτηρίαν μ. <span class="bibl">Id.2.93</span>.</span> | |Definition=<span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">change the elementary nature of</b> a thing, <b class="b3">μ. γῆν</b> <b class="b2">transform</b> earth into water, of Xerxes, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.674</span>:—Pass., δράκων εἰς βακτηρίαν μ. <span class="bibl">Id.2.93</span>.</span> | ||
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Revision as of 19:21, 2 August 2017
English (LSJ)
A change the elementary nature of a thing, μ. γῆν transform earth into water, of Xerxes, Ph.1.674:—Pass., δράκων εἰς βακτηρίαν μ. Id.2.93.
German (Pape)
[Seite 154] die Elemente eines Körpers umwandeln od. anders zusammensetzen, Pherecrat. in B. A. 393 u. Sp.; VLL. erkl. μετασχηματίζω.
