ἀποικονομέω
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)
A manage so as to get rid of a thing, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.6.1:—Med., πᾶν πάθος καὶ νόσημα τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ψυχῆς get rid of them by one's manner of life, Hierocl.p.51A., cf. Plot.1.4.6,5.9.1, Procl. in Prm.p.497 S.:—Pass., to be removed, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.10.37.17.
German (Pape)
[Seite 304] verbrauchen, vertheilen, zu entfernen suchen, Hierocl. Stob. 39, 36; φευκτὸν καὶ ἀποικονόμητον, zu entfernen, Arr. Ep. 4, 1, 44.
