ἐλαφρότης
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)
ητος, ἡ,= ἐλαφρία, A lightness, nimbleness, Pl.Lg.795e, Plu.Lyc.17,al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 792] ητος, ἡ, Leichtigkeit, Behendigkeit, Plat. Legg. VII, 795 e.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλαφρότης: -ητος, ἡ, ὡς καὶ νῦν, ἐλαφρότητός τε ἕνεκα καὶ κάλλους τῶν τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ μελῶν Πλάτ. Νόμ. 795Ε πρβλ. ἐλαφρία.
Spanish (DGE)
-ητος, ἡ
1 ligereza, rapidez, agilidad εὐεξίας ἑλαφρότητός τε ἕνεκα καὶ κάλλους ref. a la danza, Pl.Lg.795e, de los soldados, D.S.19.30, τῶν κυνιδίων D.S.31.38, de los ciervos, Plu.2.976d
•fig. ligereza de ánimo Mac.Aeg.Hom.24.6.
2 falta de peso τῆς ὕλης Plu.Lyc.17, τῶν ποτηρίων Ath.469b.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐλαφρότης: ητος ἡ легкость, подвижность или резвость, бодрость (ἐ. καὶ κάλλος τοῦ σώματος Plat.).
