εὔτροπος
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)
ον, (τρέπω)
A versatile, etym. of εὐτράπελος, Arist.EN1128a10. II (τρόπος) morally good, Sch.Od.1.1; of diseases, mild, Hp.Hum.13; εὔτροπος ἀνθρώποισι δαίμων dub. sens. in PHib.1.2.6 (cf. Epich.258). Adv. -πως, gloss on εὐοργήτως, Sch.Th.1.122.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1104] gewandt, Erkl. von εὐτράπελος, Arist. eth. 4, 8; gew. im guten Sinne, gutartig, Hippocr. u. Poll. – Adv., Schol. Thuc. 1, 122, als Erkl. von εὐοργήτως.
