ἀναχαίνω
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 v. ἀναχάσκω.
German (Pape)
[Seite 214] (s. χαίνω), nur aor. II., gähnend den Mund öffnen, Luc. V. Hist. I, 31, Gegensatz συμμύω; übh. den Mund aufsperren, ἀναχανὼν μέγα ἀνέκραγον Ar. Equ. 639. Auch von Wunden, aufklaffen, Hippocr. S. ἀναχάσκω.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀναχαίνω: ἴδε ἐν λ. ἀναχάσκω.
French (Bailly abrégé)
f. ἀναχανοῦμαι, ao.2 ἀνέχανον, pf. ἀνακέχηνα;
ouvrir la bouche toute grande, bâiller.
Étymologie: ἀνά, χαίνω.
