early
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
In the morning: P. and V. ἑωθινός (Eur., Rhes. 771, and Soph., Frag.), V. ἑῷος, Ar. and P. ὄρθριος. premature: P. and V. ἄωρος. Of crops, etc.: Ar. πρῷος. It is early: P. πρῴ ἐστι. Belonging to former times: P. and V. ἀρχαῖος, παλαιός, V. παλαίφατος, Ar. and V. παλαιγενής. From the earliest times: P. ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον (Thuc. 1, 2), ἐκ παλαιτάτου (Thuc. 1, 18). earlier, former: P. and V. πρότερος.
adv.
In the morning: Ar. and P. πρῴ, ἕωθεν, ἐξ ἑωθινοῦ. In the year: Ar. and P. πρῴ. premature: P. and V. πρῴ. So early: P. τηνικάδε.
