πλινθοφόρος
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)
(parox.), ον,
A carrying bricks, Ar. Av.1134: as Subst., PSI6.672.5 (iii B.C.), etc. 2 πλινθοφόρος, ἡ, name of a coin (cf. κιστοφόρος 11), Inscr.Délos461Bb49 (ii B.C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 637] Ziegel tragend, Ar. Av. 1134.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πλινθοφόρος: -ον, ὁ φέρων πλίνθους, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 1134· ― πλινθοφορέω, φέρω, «κουβαλῶ» πλίνθους, αὐτόθι 1142, 1149.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui porte des briques, manœuvre ; titre d’une comédie de Diphile.
Étymologie: πλίνθος, φέρω.