κατορθοῦν
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
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also: κατορθόω) lift, prosper, succeed, be the making of, bring to success, crown with success, guide aright, put right, set in the right way, set right
Lexicon Thucydideum
rem prospere gerere, to conduct affairs successfully, 1.140.1. 2.42.4, 2.89.2, 3.14.1. 3.39.7, 3.42.6, 5.111.5, 6.11.1. 6.12.1, 6.17.3. 6.33.5, 6.38.2. 7.42.5. 7.47.1, 7.66.2. 7.68.2. 8.2.1, 8.109.1,
PASS. prospere succedere, to succeed prosperously, 1.120.5, 2.65.7, 4.76.5, 6.13.1.
