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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)

ex-păvesco: pāvi, 3,
I v. inch. n. and a., to be or become greatly terrified, to be very much afraid; to be greatly frightened at or afraid of, to fear greatly (perh. not anteAug.).
   (a)    Absol.: expavescentibus repente, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 49.—With ad: ad tumultum aliquem. Plin. 10, 75, 97, § 209; cf.: cum ad id expavisset, Liv. 6, 34, 6.— With ab: anseres a primo conspectu ejus expavescunt, Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62; Vulg. Gen. 27, 33 al.—
   (b)    With acc.: tonitrua praeter modum, Suet. Aug. 90; id. Tib. 69: muliebriter ensem, Hor. C. 1, 37, 23: speciem adulantis, Tac. H. 2, 76: insidias, Suet. Claud. 36: mortem, id. Ner. 2: frigusque famemque, Juv. 6, 361: acres moles (Rhodanus), Sil. 3, 464: id, ut crimen ingens, expavescendum est, Quint. 9, 3, 35.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

expăvēscō,¹¹ pāvī, ĕre,
1 intr., s’effrayer : Plin. 23, 49 ; ad aliquid Liv. 6, 34, 6, à qqch.
2 tr., redouter : Hor. O. 1, 37, 23 ; Quint. 9, 3, 35 ; Tac. H. 2, 76 ; Suet. Aug. 90.

Latin > German (Georges)

ex-pavēsco, pāvī, ere, a) vor etw. aufschrecken, sich entsetzen, zurückschrecken, ganz absol., Plin. u.a.: ad id, Liv.: ad occursum (v. Tieren), Sen.: a primo conspectu eius (v. Tieren), Plin. – b) m. Acc., vor jmd. od. etw. aufschrecken, erschrecken, sich entsetzen, Ulixem, Claud.: elephantos, Eutr.: ensem, Hor.: nefas, Lucan.: illa imminentia, Sen.: speciem adulantis, Tac.: insidias, mortem, Suet.: adventum alcis non exp., Plin. pan.

Latin > English

expavesco expavescere, expavi, - V :: become frightened