περιόστεος

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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

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Transliteration A: periósteos Transliteration B: periosteos Transliteration C: periosteos Beta Code: perio/steos

English (LSJ)

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   A round the bones, χιτών, ὑμήν, Ruf.Onom.129, Gal. 2.591 (περιόστιος and -ειος are ff.ll., 13.415, 4.550).