forge
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
make by forging: P. and V. χαλκεύειν, ar and V. ἐπιχαλκεύειν (Aesch., Fragment).
forge iron: V. μυδροκτυπεῖν (absol).
forging iron: use adj. V. μυδροκτύπος.
counterfeit: P. and V. πλάσσει (or mid ), P. συμπλάσσειν, παραποιεῖσθαι, κατασκευάζειν, συσκευάζειν.
forge (money): Ar. and P. κιβδηλεύειν.
verb intransitive
forge ahead: P. and V. προβαίνειν, P. προέρχεσθαι.
substantive
the natives think that Hephaestus has his forge in Hiera: P. νομίζουσιν οἱ ἐκείνῃ ἄνθρωποι ἐν τῇ Ἱερᾷ ὡς ὁ [Ἥφαιστος χαλκεύει]] (Thuc. 3, 88).
