λαοσσόος
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)
ον, (σεύω)
A rousing or stirring the nations, epith. of the war-deities Ares, Eris, Il.17.398, 20.48; of Athena, 13.128, Od.22.210; of Apollo, Il.20.79: also of men, as Amphiaraus, Od.15.244; of Electryon, Amphitryon, Hes.Sc.3,37; λαοσσόοι ἀγῶνες assemblies to which the people flock, Pi.P.12.24.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λᾱοσσόος: -ον, (σεύω) ἐξεγείρων, διεγείρων τὰ ἔθνη, ἐπίθ. τῶν πολεμικῶν θεοτήτων, τοῦ Ἄρεως, τῆς Ἔριδος, Ἰλ. Ρ. 398., Υ. 48· τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς, Ὀδ. Χ. 210, Ἰλ. Ν. 128· τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος, Υ. 79· ὡσαύτως ἀνδρῶν, λαοσσόον Ἀμφιάραον Ὀδ. Ο. 244· τοῦ Ἠλεκτρύωνος, τοῦ Ἀμφιτρύωνος, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. καὶ Ἡμ. 3. καὶ 37· ― λαοσσόοι ἀγῶνες, συναθροίσεις εἰς ἃς οἱ λαοὶ συνέρχονται πολυπληθεῖς, Πινδ. Π. 12. 42· πρβλ. ἱπποσόας. ΙΙ. (σῴζω) διασῴζων, διατηρῶν τὸν λαὸν ἢ τὰ ἔθνη, Ἀνθ. Π. 9 689, Νόνν. Εὐαγγ. κ. Ἰω. ζ΄, 31., η. 12. ― Παρ’ Ἡσυχ. εὕρηται καὶ «λαοσσοοῦσα, τουτέστι παρορμῶσα εἰς τὸν πόλεμον· ὅ ἐστιν ἐπίθετον Ἀθηνᾶς».
