τέρυ
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)
ἀσθενές, λεπτόν, Hsch. τέρυας ἵππους· οὕτω λέγονται ὅσοι ἀδδηφάγοι εἰσί. ἔνιοι τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς, Id. τερύνης· τετριμμένος ὄνος, καὶ γέρων, ἢ δυσανάληπτος γέρων, Id. τερύσκ-εται· νοσεῖ, φθίνει, and τερμόν-ετο· ἐτείρετο, Id. 0-0[Τε]ρφεῖος, ὁ, a month at Mytilene or Eresus, Inscr.Magn.52.38 (restored by Bechtel Aeol.62).
