overspread
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
Ar. and P. καταπεταννύναι. Numbness overspreads my hand: Ar. νάρκη μου κατὰ τῆς χειρὸς καταχεῖται (Vesp. 713). Occupy: P. and V. κατέχειν. Traverse, go over: P. and V. ἐπέρχεσθαι. People: P. and V. πληροῦν.
