septuageni
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
septŭāgēni: ae, a (
I gen. plur. septuagenarum, Cod. Th. 14, 4, 4, § 1), num. distrib. adj. septuaginta, seventy each: pyramides in imo latae pedum quinum septuagenum, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 92; for which, in one word, fistula septuagenumquinum, Front. Aquaed. 57; cf. sexageni.—
II Seventy at a time, seventy: septuagies septuageni pedes, Col. 5, 2, 7.—Sing., each seventieth: coitu, Plin. 26, 10, 63, § 99.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
septŭāgēnī, æ, a, chacun soixante-dix : Plin. 36, 92 || au sing., qui est au nombre de soixante-dix : Plin. 26, 99.
