βριμώ

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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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Full diacritics: βρῑμώ Medium diacritics: βριμώ Low diacritics: βριμώ Capitals: ΒΡΙΜΩ
Transliteration A: brimṓ Transliteration B: brimō Transliteration C: vrimo Beta Code: brimw/

English (LSJ)

οῦς, ἡ, epithet of Hecate and Persephone, the Terrible one, A.R.3.861, Orph.Fr.31, Luc.Nec.20.