αὐστηρότης
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)
ητος, ἡ,
A harshness, roughness, X.An.5.4.29; οἴνου, opp. γλυκύτης, Pl.Tht.178c, Thphr.HP7.9.5. 2 metaph., harshness, crabbedness, τοῦ γήρως Pl.Lg.666b, cf. D.C.56.3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αὐστηρότης: -ητος, ἡ, τραχύτης, δριμύτης, οἴνου Ξεν. Ἀν. 5. 4, 29· ἡ περὶ οἴνου αὐστ., ἀντιθέτως πρὸς τὸ γλυκύτης Πλάτ. Θεαίτ. 178C. 2) μεταφ. τραχύτης, χαλεπότης, τοῦ γήρως ὁ αὐτ. Νόμ. 666Β, πρβλ. Δίωνα Κ. 56. 3.
