ὀκτάβλωμος
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,
A consisting of eight pieces, ἄρτον τετράτρυφον ὀκτάβλωμον, an obscure conjunction of epithets, Hes.Op.442, cf. Philostr. Im.2.26.
German (Pape)
[Seite 317] achtbissig, ἄρτος, wahrscheinlich eine Art Brote, welche beim Backen durch Einschnitte in acht gleiche Theile getheilt waren, Hes. O. 444.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀκτάβλωμος: -ον, ὁ συνιστάμενος ἐξ ὀκτὼ τεμαχίων, ἄρτον τετράτρυφον, ὀκτάβλωμον, - σκοτεινὴ ἐπιθέτων συναφή, ἴδε Σχολιαστὰς ἐν τόπῳ, Ἠσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 440.
