μυλόεις
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)
εσσα, εν,
A made of a millstone, στέρνον θυείης Nic.Th.91; μ. λίθος Nonn.D.5.45.
German (Pape)
[Seite 217] εσσα, εν, = Vorigem; Nic. Ther. 91 στέρνῳ μυλόεντι θυείης, aus einem Mühlsteine gemacht; auch λίθος, Nonn.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μῠλόεις: εσσα, εν, = τῷ προηγ., Νικ. Θ. 91.
Greek Monolingual
μυλόεις, -εσσα, -εν (Α)
κατασκευασμένος από μυλίτη λίθο, από μυλόπετρα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μύλη + κατάλ. -όεις (πρβλ. πυργ-όεις)].
