anisum
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)
ănīsum: (ane-), i, n., = ἄνισον,
I anise: Pimpinella anisum, Linn.: Et anesum adversum scorpiones ex vino habetur ... ob has causas quidam anicetum id vocavere, i. e. ἀνίκητον, all powerful, Plin. 20, 17, 72, § 185 sq. Jan.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ănīsum,¹⁶ ī, n., anis [plante] : Plin. 20, 185.
Latin > German (Georges)
anīsum, ī, n. (ἄνισον), der Anis (Pimpinella anisum, L.), Aegyptium, Col.: u. anisum urinam movet, Cels.: anisum potui dare, Cels. – / Nbf. anēsum, ī, n., Cato r.r. 121. Marc. Emp. 26 u. anīsus, ī, m., Th. Prisc. de diaeta 10.
