breviloquentia

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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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

brĕvĭlŏquentĭa: ae, f. brevis-loquentia,
I brevity of speech: breviloquentiam in dicendo colat, an expression of Cicero, censured by Seneca ap. Gell. 12, 2, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

brĕvĭlŏquentĭa, æ, f., Cic. Rep. 5, 11, et -lŏquĭum, ĭī, n., Prisc. Gramm. 7, 46, brièveté, concision, laconisme.