Νειλαῖος
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
English (LSJ)
α, ον,
A from the Nile, Μοῦσα AP6.321 (Leon. Alex.), v.l. for Νειλῷος in Ath.7.312a: Νειλαῖα, τά, festival of the Nile, BGU362 XV II (iii A.D.).
