mince
From LSJ
τὸν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς κινεῖν λίθον → move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
verb intransitive
walk affectedly: V. ἁβρὸν βαίνειν, σαυλοῦσθαι (Eur., Cyclops 40).
I have plainly stated all that I think without mincing matters: P. ἃ γιγνώσκω πάνθ' ἁπλῶς, οὐδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος, πεπαρρησίασμαι (Dem. 54).
