συσσύρω
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)
[ῡ],
A pull about, LXX 2 Ma.5.16; sweep together, ὀνομάτων συρφετόν Phryn.400.
2 sweep along with one, τοὺς ἀκούοντας, of Carneades compared to a torrent, Numen. ap. Eus.PE14.8.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
συσσύρω: [ῡ], σύρω ὁμοῦ, συσσωρεύω, Ἑβδ. (Μακκ. Β΄ κεφ. Ε΄, 16), Φρύν. 433.
Greek Monolingual
Α σύρω
1. σαρώνω μαζί, συσσωρεύω («Μένανδρος συσσύρας τὸν τοσούτων ὀνομάτων συρφετόν», Φρύν.)
2. τραβώ εδώ κι εκεί («ταῖς βεβήλοις χερσὶ συσσύρων ἀπεδίδου», ΠΔ).
German (Pape)
hin und her ziehen, zerren, dadurch beunruhigen, Sp.
