νεφελοστάσια

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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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Transliteration A: nephelostásia Transliteration B: nephelostasia Transliteration C: nefelostasia Beta Code: nefelosta/sia

English (LSJ)

[στᾰ], τά, (

   A νεφέλη 111, ἵστημι) place where nets are set to catch birds, Id.1928.37.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νεφελοστάσια: τά, (νεφέλη ΙΙΙ, ἵστημι) τόπος, ἐν ᾧ στήνονται νεφέλαι, δηλ. δίκτυα πρὸς σύλληψιν πτηνῶν, Εὐστ. 1928. 27.

Greek Monolingual

νεφελοστάσια, τὰ (Μ)
τόπος όπου στήνονται νεφέλες, δηλ. δίχτια για τη σύλληψη πτηνών.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νεφέλη + -στάσιο(ν) (< -στάτης < ἵσταμαι), πρβλ. οπλο-στάσιον].