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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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===verb transitive=== | |||
P. and V. ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐγχειριῖν (dat.), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.); see [[undertake]]. Absol.: P. and V. ἐπιχειρεῖν (infin.), ἐγχειρεῖν (infin.), πειρᾶν or mid. (infin.). | [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιχειρεῖν]] (dat.), [[ἐγχειριῖν]] (dat.), [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen.); see [[undertake]]. Absol.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιχειρεῖν]] (infin.), [[ἐγχειρεῖν]] (infin.), [[πειρᾶν]] or mid. (infin.). | ||
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P. and V. [[πεῖρα]], ἡ, [[ἐγχείρημα]], τό, P. [[ἐπιχείρημα]], τό, [[ἐπιχείρησις]], ἡ, [[ἐπιβολή]], ἡ. | [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πεῖρα]], ἡ, [[ἐγχείρημα]], τό, [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιχείρημα]], τό, [[ἐπιχείρησις]], ἡ, [[ἐπιβολή]], ἡ. | ||
[[daring attempt]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τόλμημα]], τό, [[κινδύνευμα]], τό, [[verse|V.]] [[τόλμα]], ἡ. | |||
[[preliminary attempt]]: [[prose|P.]] [[πρόπειρα]], ἡ. | |||
[[make an attempt on]] (a fortified [[place]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] [[πειρᾶν]] or mid. (gen.), [[ἀποπειρᾶν]] (gen.). | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐγχειριῖν (dat.), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.); see undertake. Absol.: P. and V. ἐπιχειρεῖν (infin.), ἐγχειρεῖν (infin.), πειρᾶν or mid. (infin.).
substantive
P. and V. πεῖρα, ἡ, ἐγχείρημα, τό, P. ἐπιχείρημα, τό, ἐπιχείρησις, ἡ, ἐπιβολή, ἡ.
daring attempt: P. and V. τόλμημα, τό, κινδύνευμα, τό, V. τόλμα, ἡ.
preliminary attempt: P. πρόπειρα, ἡ.
make an attempt on (a fortified place, etc.): P. πειρᾶν or mid. (gen.), ἀποπειρᾶν (gen.).
