αἰσιόομαι
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)
Med., A take as a good omen, think lucky, Plu.2.774c, App.BC5.97: c. inf., Mith.20.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἰσιόομαι: μέσ., λαμβάνω τι ὡς καλὸν οἰωνόν, νομίζω τι τυχηρόν, Πλούτ. 2. 774C, κτλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-οῦμαι;
regarder comme un présage favorable.
Étymologie: αἴσιος.
Spanish (DGE)
considerar de buen agüero c. ac. τὸ χωρίον Plu.2.774c, cf. Sch.Arat.269M.
•c. inf. αἰσιούμενος Μιθριδάτην σταθμεῦσαι App.Mith.20
•abs. App.BC 5.97.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
αἰσιόομαι: считать благоприятным предзнаменованием (τι Plut.).
