ὑποκαθέζομαι
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 (LSJ)
A lie in ambush, Anon. ap. Suid., Onos.6.7; late aor. ὑποκαθεσθῆναι, sink, settle down, Sch.Th.3.89, Gp.6.18 (v.l. ἐπικ-).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1218] (s. ἕζομαι), = ὑποκάθημαι, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑποκαθέζομαι: μέλλ. -εδοῦμαι, ἀποθ. καθέζομαι κρυφίως, χάριν ἐνέδρας), Ἀνώνυμ. παρὰ Σουΐδ.· μεταγεν. ἀόρ. ὑποκαθέσθην, κατεκάθισα, «τὸ μέρος τῆς γῆς ὑποκαθέσθη», Σχόλ. εἰς Θουκυδ. 2. 89, Γεωπον. 6. 18 (ἐπικ· εἶναι πλημμ. γραφ.).
