ἱμαντελικτής

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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: himanteliktḗs Transliteration B: himanteliktēs Transliteration C: imanteliktis Beta Code: i(mantelikth/s

English (LSJ)

οῦ, ὁ, (ἑλίσσω)

   A pricker of tapes (cf. foreg.): metaph., 'thimble-rigger', of sophists, Democr.150.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἱμαντελικτής: ὁ, (ἑλίσσω) ὁ συστρέφων σχοινία· μεταφ., δύσκολος σοφιστὴς ἀκανθώδη προβάλλων ζητήματα, Δημόκρ. παρὰ Πλουτ. 2. 614Ε· ἡ ὀνομαστ. ἱμαντελικτέες ἐν Κλήμ. Ἀλ. 328, πιθανῶς προέκυψεν ἐκ παρανοήσεως τῆς Ἰων. γεν. πληθ. -εων παρὰ Δημοκρ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ.