συγκρατητικός

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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

-ή, -ό, Ν
ικανός ή κατάλληλος να συγκρατεί κάποιον ή κάτι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < συγκράτηση. Η λ. στον πληθ. μαρτυρείται από το 1896 στην εφημερίδα Ακρόπολις].