οὐραγέω
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)
A to be οὐραγός, lead the rear, App.Hisp.86, Suid.: generally, to be in the rear, Plb.4.11.6, LXX Jo.6.8, D.S.13.18, App.Hisp. 48. II τὸ -οῦν ζυγόν the rank consisting of οὐραγοί 2, Ascl.Tact. 10.14. III metaph., lag behind, ἐν ὥρᾳ ἐξεγείρου καὶ μὴ οὐράγει LXX Si.35.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 416] ein οὐραγός sein, übh. beim Nachtrab sein, Pol. 4, 11, 6 u. a. Sp. – Bei Hesych. auch durch ὑστερίζω erklärt.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
οὐρᾱγέω: εἶμαι οὐραγός, ἄγω, ὁδηγῶ τὴν οὐρὰν στρατεύματος, τὴν ὀπισθοφυλακήν, ὀπισθοφυλακῶ, Σουΐδ. - καθόλου εἶμαι, ἐν τοῖς ὄπισθεν στρατεύματός τινος, ἀκολουθῶ κατόπιν, τῶν δ’ ἱππέων οὐραγούντων διὰ τοῦ πεδίου Πολύβ. 4. 11, 6, κλ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
οὐρᾱγέω: командовать арьергардом, быть в арьергарде Polyb.
