σκαλίς
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)
ίδος, ἡ, instrument for hoeing, hoe or shovel, IG22.1424a391, 1548, Str. 3.2.9, J.BJ2.8.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 888] ἡ, 1) Werkzeug zum Scharren, Schüren, Graben, Hacken; Spaten, Schaufel, Hacke, Karst. – 2) Schaale, Napf, Hesych.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σκᾰλίς: -ίδος, ἡ, ἐργαλεῖον πρὸς ἀνατάραξιν τοῦ χώματος ἢ σκαφήν, σκαπάνη, «τσάπα», δίκελλα, «σκαλιστῆρι», Στράβ. 147, Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Πολ. 2. 8, 9. ΙΙ. πῶμα, ποτήριον, «σκαφεῖον» Ἡσύχ.
