mince
From LSJ
Σοφοῖς ὁμιλῶν καὐτὸς ἐκβήσῃ σοφός → Dat sapere consors vita cum sapientibus → Der Umgang macht mit Weisen weise dich auch selbst
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
verb intransitive
walk affectedly: V. ἁβρὸν βαίνειν, σαυλοῦσθαι (Eur., Cyclops 40).
I have plainly stated all that I think without mincing matters: P. ἃ γιγνώσκω πάνθ' ἁπλῶς, οὐδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος, πεπαρρησίασμαι (Dem. 54).
