γουττᾶτον
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)
τό, a kind of
A cake, Chrysipp. Tyan. ap. Ath.14.647c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 503] τό, guttatum, ein Backwerk, Ath. XIV, 647 c.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γουττᾶτον: τό,εἶδος πλακοῦντος ,guttatum, Ἀθήν.647C.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: a cake (Chrysipp. Tyan. ap. Ath. 14, 647c).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: From Lat. guttātus, -um (Martialis) sprinkled (from gutta drop).
