Clitus
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)
See Cleitus.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Clītus: i, m., = Κλεῖτος,
I a friend of Alexander the Great, who was killed by him in a fit of drunkenness, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 79; Curt. 8, 1, 9 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Clītus,¹² ī, m. (Κλεῖτος), général d’Alexandre : Curt. 8, 1, 28 ; Cic. Tusc. 4, 79.
Latin > German (Georges)
Clītus, ī, m. (Κλειτος), einer der Feldherren Alexanders des Gr., der ihn im Jähzorn beim Gastmahle tötete, Curt. 8, 1 (4), 28 sqq. Cic. Tusc. 4, 79. Sen. ep. 83, 19.
