ἡμικύκλιον
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
German (Pape)
[Seite 1168] τό, Halbkreis, Arist. part. anim. 4, 13; bes. von den halbkreisförmigen Sitzreihen des Theaters, vgl. Poll. 4, 131, dergleichen auch an anderen Orten zum Ausruhen angebracht waren, Vitruv. 5, 1; Plut. Alcib. 17 Nic. 12 u. a. Sp.; Sessel, Poll. 6, 9; Plut. garrul. 2.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
I. demi-cercle;
II. tout objet ou dessin en forme de demi-cercle :
1 hémicycle, amphithéâtre;
2 sorte de fauteuil en demi-cercle;
3 voûte semi-circulaire, voûte plein cintre.
Étymologie: ἡμι-, κύκλος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἡμῐκύκλιον: τό
1) полуокружность, полукруг Arst.;
2) полукружная скамья (ἐν τοῖς ἡμικυκλίοις καθέζεσθαι Plut.).
