λίνεος
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)
α, ον, contr. λιν-οῦς, ῆ, οῦν, (λίνον)
A of flax, linen, κιθών, θώρηξ, Hdt.1.195, 3.47, etc.; ἱμάτιον Pl.Cra. 389b; σφαῖρα Arist.HA616a6; στολή BGU1036.14 (ii A. D.); νεφέλαι (i. e. nets) Call.Aet.3.1.37; ὅπλα λ. cables of flax, Hdt.7.36: also λινᾶ, τά, A.Fr.206, Ar.Fr.19: Subst. λινέη, ἡ, tape-measure used in building, IG7.3073.128 (Lebadea), cf. Bito63.7, 9 (v.l. λιναία); cf. λιναῖος.
