περκαίνω
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)
= foreg.,
A σέλας οἰνωπὸν ἐξέλαμπε περκαίνων γένυν E.Cret.15;=διαποικίλλεσθαι, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 602] schwärzlich nachen, dunkel färben, Hesych. erkl. διαποικίλλεσθαι.
