ορθόκραιρος

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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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Greek Monolingual

ὀρθόκραιρος, -αίρα, -ον, θηλ. και -ος (Α)
1. (για ζώο) αυτός που έχει όρθια κέρατα («κρέα... βοῶν ὀρθοκραιράων», Ομ. Ιλ.)
2. (για πλοίο) αυτός του οποίου τα άκρα προεξέχουν σαν κέρατα
3. (για οροσειρά) αυτός που έχει μυτερή κορυφή, οξυκόρυφος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ορθ(ο)- + -κραιρος (< κραίρα «κορυφή, κεφαλή»), πρβλ. ισό-κραιρος].