πρόσπταισμα
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)
ατος, τό,
A stumble, Arist.EN1138b3, Ph.Fr.58H.; ἕλκη ἐκ προσπταις μάτων Gal. 12.286 (προπτ- codd.): metaph., προσπταίς ματα τοῦ βίου misfortunes, Agatharch.49. II whitlow, Thphr.Char.19.3 (pl.), Luc.Peregr. 45; π. δακτύλου Gal.7.136.
German (Pape)
[Seite 779] τό, der Anstoß u. die durch Anstoßen hervorgebrachte Beschädigung, Arist. Eth. 5, 9 u. Sp., wie τὸ ἐν τῷ δακτύλῳ Luc. Peregr. 45; προσπταίσματος γενομένου περὶ τὸν δάκτυλον S. Emp. adv. math. 7, 232.
