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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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|gf=(1) <b>Lēda</b>,¹² æ, f., Hor. O. 1, 12, 25 et <b>Lēdē</b>, ēs, f., Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3 ([[Λήδα]]), femme de Tyndare, mère de [[Pollux]], Hélène, [[Castor]] et Clytemnestre || <b>Lēdæus</b>, a, um, de Léda : Virg. En. 3, 328 ; 7, 364 || de [[Castor]] et [[Pollux]] : Mart. 8, 21, 5 || de Sparte : Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. | |gf=(1) <b>Lēda</b>,¹² æ, f., Hor. O. 1, 12, 25 et <b>Lēdē</b>, ēs, f., Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3 ([[Λήδα]]), femme de Tyndare, mère de [[Pollux]], Hélène, [[Castor]] et Clytemnestre || <b>Lēdæus</b>, a, um, de Léda : Virg. En. 3, 328 ; 7, 364 || de [[Castor]] et [[Pollux]] : Mart. 8, 21, 5 || de Sparte : Stat. S. 2, 6, 45.||<b>Lēdæus</b>, a, um, de Léda : Virg. En. 3, 328 ; 7, 364||de [[Castor]] et [[Pollux]] : Mart. 8, 21, 5||de Sparte : Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. | ||
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Revision as of 07:41, 14 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λήδα, -ας, ἡ, or use Θεστιάς, -άδος, ἡ, or say, daughter of Thestius.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lēda: ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Λήδα,
I the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77: pueri Ledae, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21: Lede, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,
II Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.
A Lit.: Ledaei dei, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also, Lacones, Mart. 1, 37, 2: Helena, Verg. A. 7, 364: Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda), id. ib. 3, 328: ovum, a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf. olores, id. 1, 54, 8: Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it, id. 4, 25, 5; cf. Cyllarus, Stat. S. 1, 1, 54: astrum, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—
B Poet., transf.
1 Spartan: Phalantum, Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3: gurges, i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —
2 Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ): Xanthippus, Sil. 4, 358.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Lēda,¹² æ, f., Hor. O. 1, 12, 25 et Lēdē, ēs, f., Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3 (Λήδα), femme de Tyndare, mère de Pollux, Hélène, Castor et Clytemnestre || Lēdæus, a, um, de Léda : Virg. En. 3, 328 ; 7, 364 || de Castor et Pollux : Mart. 8, 21, 5 || de Sparte : Stat. S. 2, 6, 45.
