supernumerary

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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

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

P. and V. περισσός.

As subs. supercargo: P. περίνεως, ὁ, ἐπιβάτης, ὁ.

Supernumeraries: P. οἱ προσγιγνόμενοι.

You have been reduced to the position of servants and supernumeraries: P. ἐν ὑπηρέτου καὶ προσθήκης μέρει γεγένησθε (Dem. 37).