mince
From LSJ
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
verb intransitive
walk affectedly: V. ἁβρὸν βαίνειν, σαυλοῦσθαι (Eur., Cyclops 40).
I have plainly stated all that I think without mincing matters: P. ἃ γιγνώσκω πάνθ' ἁπλῶς, οὐδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος, πεπαρρησίασμαι (Dem. 54).
