varo
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vāro: āre, v. a. 1. varus,
I to bend, curve (late Lat.): alveos pontium, Auct. Limit. p. 257 Goes.: flumen, id. ib. p. 285.
vāro: ōnis, m.,
I a stupid, boorish fellow, a clodpate, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. squarrosi, pp. 328 and 329 Müll.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) vārō, āre (vārus), tr., courber, incurver : Grom. 285, 6.
(2) vārō (varrō), ōnis, m., homme grossier : P. Fest. 328 ; Fest. 329.
