προσπλέκω
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)
A connect with, τινί τινα M.Ant.10.7; mix with a medicine, Archig. ap. Gal.12.645:—Pass., cling to, attach oneself or be attached to, Plb.5.60.7, Plu.2.796b; εἴδει ἑτέρῳ Dam.Pr.84; in hostile sense, attack, τῷ Διονύσῳ Arg.1 Ar.Ra.; fasten upon, in argument, λέξει Gal.1.176; to be mixed up with, μυθώδη τινὰ -πέπλεκται τοῖς λεγομένοις Str.1.1.10; of astrological relationship, Vett. Val.119.27.
German (Pape)
[Seite 778] daranknüpfen, damit verbinden, Sp. – Med., Pol. 5, 60, 7, Plut.
