μελίφρων
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)
ον, gen. ονος, (φρήν)
A sweet to the mind, delicious, ὕπνος Il.2.34, B.Fr.3.10; οἶνος Il.6.264, Od.7.182, etc.; μ. θυμός Hes.Sc.428; νόστος Simon.119; σκόλιον Pi.Fr.122.11; μ. αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε Id.N.7.11; μ. δεσμὸν ἐρώτων Coluth. 95. II Act., whose care is honey, Ἀρισταῖος A.R.4.1132.
German (Pape)
[Seite 125] ονος, durch Süßigkeit das Herz erfreuend; οἶνος, Il. 24, 284 Od. 7, 182; auch πυρός, σῖτος u. ὕπνος, Il. 2, 34, wie Bacchyl. Stob. fl. 55, 3; θυμός, Hes. Sc. 428; αἰτία, Pind. N. 7, 11; βάρβιτος, Ep. in Mus. (IX, 504); μῦθοι, Ap. Rh. 5, 458; καρπός, 2, 1003; δασμὸς ἐρώτων, Coluth. 94. – Aber im eigtl. Sinne heißt Aristaios so, der für den Honig sorgt od. ihn erfunden hat, Ap. Rh. 4, 1132.
