θαμβαίνω
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 = θαμβέω, to be astonished at, Pi.O.3.32, v.l. for θαυμαίνω in h.Ven.84.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1185] = θαμβέω, staunen, anstaunen, bewundern, H. h. Ven. 84 Merc. 407.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θαμβαίνω: θαμβέω, θαυμάζω, ἐκθαμβοῦμαι πρός τι, Ὕμν. Ὁμ. εἰς Ἀφρ. 84, ἔν τινι χειρογρ. ἀντὶ θαυμαίνω· οὕτως ὁ Herm. ἐν Ὕμν. Ὁμ. εἰς Ἑρμ. 407 (δειμαίνω Baumeister).
French (Bailly abrégé)
être frappé d’étonnement, acc..
Étymologie: θάμβος.
