palumbus
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
Latin > English
palumbus palumbi N M :: wood-pigeon, ringdove; dupe, gull
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pălumbus: i, m., v. palumbes.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) pălumbus,¹⁵ v. palumbes.
Latin > German (Georges)
palumbus, ī, m. = palumbes (w. s.), Scriptt. r. r., Cels. u.a. – Name eines berühmten Fechters, dah. der Doppelsinn u. Scherz bei Suet. Claud. 21, 5.
