Βάκτρα
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)
τά, A Balkh, Hdt.9.113, Arist.Mir.833b14, Str.11.8.9: the people were Βάκτριοι, Hdt.3.102; or Βακτριανοί, Str.l.c.; cf. Βακτριανή ἡ, Id.11.9.2:—the Bactrian camels were famous, Arist. HA498b8.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Βάκτρα: τά, πρωτεύουσα τῆς ἐν Ἀσίᾳ Βακτριανῆς, παρὰ νεωτέροις Balkh, Ἀριστ. π. θαυμασ. 46, Στράβ. 514, κ. ἀλλ.· - οἱ κάτοικοι Βάκτριοι αὐτόθι 513· ἢ Βακτριανοὶ αὐτόθι 514· - περίφημοι ἦσαν αἱ Βακτριαναὶ κάμηλοι, Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 2. 1, 24.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ων (τά) :
c. Βακτριανή.
Étymologie: -.
Spanish (DGE)
-ων, τά
• Alolema(s): Βάκτρα, -ας, ἡ Str.11.8.9
Bactra ciu. de Asia Central, capital de la Bactriana, actual Balkh (Afganistán), al norte del monte Parapaniso (actual Hindu Kush), Hdt.6.9, 9.113, Arist.Mir.833b19, Thphr.HP 4.4.7, 8.4.5, 6.6, D.S.11.69, Str.l.c., Charito 5.1.7, Arr.An.3.29.1, 7.9.8, Ptol.Geog.6.11.9, Ael.NA 4.55, 15.8, Ath.219a, St.Byz.s.u. Ζαρίασπα.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Βάκτρα: τά
1) Бактры (столица Бактрианы) Her., Arst.;
2) Plut. = Βακτριανή.
