σκοτοδινία
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)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
A dizziness, vertigo, Hp.VM10, Coac.157, Morb.2.4, Pl.Sph.264 c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 905] ἡ, Schwindel, wobei es Einem finster und drehend vor den Augen wird; Plat. Soph. 264 c; καὶ ἴλιγγος, Legg. X, 892 e; Medic.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σκοτοδῑνία: Ἰων. -ίη, ἡ, «ζάλη», σκοτασμός, σκότισις τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου, vertigo, Ἱππ. π. Ἀρχ. Ἰητρ. 12. 11., 144Α, 463. 3, Πλάτ. Σοφ. 264C· πρβλ. ἴλιγγος.
