γλαυκόχρως

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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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English (Slater)

γλαυκόχρως
   1 grey-coloured, silver-grey cf. Leumann, Hom. Wörter, 152. γλαυκόχροα κόσμον ἐλαίας (O. 3.13) cf. Bacch. 11. 29.