field
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)
substantive
P. and V. ἀγρός, ὁ, γῆ, ἡ, Ar. and V. ἄρουρα, ἡ (also Plato but rare P.), γύαι, αἱ; see land.
meadow: P. and V. λειμών, ὁ; see meadow.
field of battle. — conquer in the field: P. and V. μάχῃ κρατεῖν.
take the field, v.: P. and V. στρατεύειν (or mid.), ἐπιστρατεύειν (or mid.), P. ἐκστρατεύειν (or mid.); see campaign.
service in the field: P. and V. στρατεία, ἡ.
in the field: P. ἐπὶ στρατείας, Ar. ἐπὶ στρατίας.
Met., as soon as we enter the field (as claimants in a suit): P. ἐπειδὴ ἡμεῖς… ἥκομεν εἰς τὸ μέσον (Dem. 1088).
opportunity for enterprise: P. and V. καιρός, ὁ, ἀγών, ὁ, ἀφορμή, ἡ.
a good field for: P. εὐπορία, ἡ (gen.).
the orators who delight us by their words will have a field for display in other less important cases: P. οἱ τέρποντες λόγῳ ῥήτορες ἕξουσι καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις ἐλάσσοσιν ἀγῶνα (Thuc. 40).
