perfacetus
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 (Lewis & Short)
per-făcētus: a, um, adj.,
I very witty, very facetious (class.).—Of persons, Cic Brut. 27, 105.—Of words: aliquid perfacetum dicere, Cic. Planc. 14, 35.—Adv.: per-făcētē, very wittily: perfacete dicta, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
perfăcētus,¹⁶ a, um, très plaisant, très spirituel, plein de sel : [pers.] Cic. Br. 105 ; [choses] Planc. 35.
Latin > German (Georges)
per-facētus, a, um, sehr witzig, v. Pers., Cic. Brut. 105. – v. der Rede, exit aliquando aliquid si non perfacetum, at tamen fortasse non rusticum, Cic. Planc. 35.
