προκατασπείρω
From LSJ
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)
A sow beforehand, PMeyer 12.21 (ii A.D.): metaph., implant beforehand, ἐν τοῖς θνητοῖς τὸ ἀθάνατον Aen.Gaz.Thphr. p.56B.
Greek Monolingual
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1. σπέρνω εκ τών προτέρων
2. μτφ. εμφυτεύω, εμβάλλω σε κάποιον κάτι εκ τών προτέρων.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προ- + κατασπείρω «σπέρνω σε όλη την έκταση, φυτεύω»].
