προσοίγνυμι
From LSJ
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)
aor. -έῳξα, A shut, τὴν θύραν LXX Ge.19.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 774] (s. οἴγνυμι), dazu, dabei eröffnen.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προσοίγνῡμι: ἀνοίγω προσέτι, Ἰω. Χρυσ. τ. 1, σ. 354, 32.
Greek Monolingual
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ανοίγω και κάτι ακόμη («ἐξῆλθε δὲ ὁ Λὼτ πρὸς αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὸ πρόθυρον, τὴν δὲ θύραν προσέῳξεν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ», ΠΔ).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προσ- + οἴγνυμι «ανοίγω»].
