παραδοχή
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)
Dor. παρα-δοχά, ἡ,
A reception, Epicur.Nat.Herc.908.4; σπέρματος Orib.22.7.1, cf. Plu.2.1056f, Sor.1.55; of mental apprehension, Phld.Sign.22. 2 that which has been received, hereditary custom, πάτριοι π. E.Ba.201; tradition, Hippod. ap. Stob.4.1.95; κοινὴ π. S.E.P.1.146; π. Ἑλληνισμοῦ A.D.Adv.168.9. II acceptance, approval, Plb.1.1.1, 1.5.5, etc.; τῶν βλαβερῶν Hierocl.in CA18p.459M. b admission, register of persons admitted, τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ γυμνασίου PFlor.79.24 (i A. D.). 2 Gramm., ἐν π. τοῦ ἄρθρου γενέσθαι admit the use of the article, A.D.Synt.57.6. 3 credit or rebate allowed (cf. παραδέχομαι), ἀβρόχου BGU571.11 (ii A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 477] ἡ, die Annahme, Aufnahme, παραδοχῆς καὶ πίστεως ἄξια, Pol. 1, 5, 5, öfter. – Bes. die Ueberlieferung und das durch Ueberlieferung Ueberkommene; πάτριοι, Eur. Bacch. 201; D. Hal. 4, 36 u. a. Sp.; vom Sprachgebrauch, Apollon. synt. 275, 10.
