γερανομαχία
From LSJ
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)
ἡ,
A battle with cranes, Ὁμηρικὴ τῶν Πυγμαίων γ. Str.2.1.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 485] ἡ, Kranichkampf, Strab. II p. 70.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γερανομᾰχία: ἡ, μάχη γεράνων, Στράβ. 70.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
lucha de grullas contra los pigmeos τὴν Ὁμηρικὴν τῶν Πυγμαίων γερανομαχίαν Str.2.1.9, οὗτος τῆς γερανομαχίας σαλπιστής ἐστιν Vit.Aesop.G 14, cf. Vit.Hom.Sud.256.6.
