olitor

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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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ŏlĭtor: (better hŏlĭtor), ōris, m. holus,
I a kitchen-gardener, cabbage-gardener, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7; Varr. L. L. 6, § 20 Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 38; Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2; Col. 10, 229; 11, 1, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.