ψυκτήρ
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)
ῆρος, ὁ,
A wine-cooler, E.Fr.726, Pl.Smp.213e, IG22.1638.62, al., Stratt.59 (anap.), IG7.3498.29 (Orop.), Callix.2, J.AJ11.1.3, App. Mith.115, Ath.11.502c; ψ. ἀργυροῦς μέγας δίωτος OGI214.56 (Branchidae, iii B. C.); ψυκτῆρά τις προὔπινεν αὐτοῖς Men.510, cf. Antiph.114, Alex.9.12; ψυκτῆρες γάλακτος Philostr.Im.1.31, cf. Poll.10.74. II ψυκτῆρες, οἱ, cool shady places for recreation, Nic.Thyat. ap. Ath.11.503c (ψυκτήρια Casaubon). III ψυκτῆρες, = ταρσοί, Sch.Od.9.219.
