σκαλαβώτης
From LSJ
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)
ου, ὁ, later form for ἀσκαλαβώτης, Orac. ap. Eus.PE 5.12 (s. v.l.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 888] ὁ, sp. Form für ἀσκαλαβώτης, vgl. Mein. Meandr. p. 69.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σκᾰλᾰβώτης: -ου, ὁ, μεταγεν. τύπος τοῦ ἀσκαλαβώτης, Ἑκάτη παρ’ Ευσ. ἐν Εὐαγγ. Προπ. 200C· ἀλλ’ ὁ Meineke εἰς Ἕλλ. Κωμικ. 4. 124, προτείνει καλαβώταις.
