μελάμβοος

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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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Transliteration A: melámboos Transliteration B: melamboos Transliteration C: melamvoos Beta Code: mela/mboos

English (LSJ)

μελάμβοον, having black oxen, Eust.562.39.

German (Pape)

[Seite 118] mit schwarzen Ochsen, Eust. 562, 39.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μελάμβοος: -ον, ὁ ἔχων μέλανας βοῦς, Εὐστ. 562. 39.

Greek Monolingual

μελάμβοος, -ον (Α)
αυτός που έχει μαύρα βόδια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μέλας, -ανος + -βοος (< βοῦς, βοός)].