λίβα
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 (LSJ)
λιβός, acc. and gen. of λίψ (q.v.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λίβα: αἰτ. ἄνευ ὀνομαστικῆς ἐν χρήσει, = σπονδήν, τρίτον Διὸς σωτῆρος εὐκταίαν λ. Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 52, πρβλ. 68· γενική τις:, φιλοσπόνδου λιβός, ἀπαντᾷ ἐν Χοηφόρ. 292· περὶ τοῦ Ἀγ. 1498, ἴδε ἐν λ. λίπος.
French (Bailly abrégé)
acc. de λίψ.
