ἰνώδης
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)
[ῑ], ες,
A fibrous, of parts of animals, X.Cyn.4.1, Arist.HA 497a21; ἰνωδέστατον αἷμα Id.PA651a3; of vegetables, φλοιός, φύλλον, Thphr.HP3.12.1,5, cf. Dsc.4.20; sinewy, X.Cyn.4.1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰνώδης: ῑ, -ες, (εἶδος) πλήρης ἰνῶν, ἐπὶ μερῶν τοῦ σώματος ζῴου, Ξέν. Κυν. 4. 1, Ἀριστ. π. τ. Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 17, 17· ἐπὶ τοῦ αἵματος, τὸ γὰρ αἷμα τούτων (δηλ. τῶν ταύρων καὶ κάπρων) ἰνωδέστατον ὁ αὐτ. π. Ζ. Μορ. 2. 4, 6· ἐπὶ φυτῶν ἢ λαχάνων, φλοιός, φύλον Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 3. 12, 1 καὶ 5.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης, ες :
rempli de fibre, nerveux.
Étymologie: ἴς, -ωδης.
