Philetas
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)
Phĭlētas: ae, m., = Φιλήτας,
I a Greek elegiac poet of Cos, an instructor of Ptolemy Philadelphus, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 58.—Hence,
II Phĭlētēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Philetas, Philetean: Philetea aqua, i. e. elegiac poetry, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 52: Philetei corymbi, id. 4 (5), 6, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Phĭlētās,¹⁵ æ, m. (Φιλήτας), poète grec, contemporain d’Alexandre : Prop. 3, 1, 1 ; Quint. 10, 1, 58 || -æus, a, um, de Philétas : Prop. 3, 3, 52.
Latin > German (Georges)
Philētās, ae, m., (Φιλήτας), ein griechischer Elegiker aus Kos, Erzieher des Ptolemäus Philadelphus, Lehrer des Theokrit, Vorbild des Properz, Quint. 10, 1, 58. Prop. 2, 34, 31 (wo Akk. -ān); 3, 1, 1. – Dav. Philētaeus, a, um, philetäisch, des Philetas, Prop. 3, 3, 52; 4, 6, 3.
