reptabundus
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)
reptābundus: a, um, adj. repto,
I creeping, crawling (post-Aug.): effusus in voluptates, reptabundus (al. vagabundus) semper atque ebrius, Sen. Vit. Beat. 12.— Trop.: (virtutem) ex intervallo ingenti reptabundus sequar, Sen. Vit. Beat. 18 (dub.; al. ructabundus).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rēptābundus,¹⁶ a, um (repto), qui se traîne, en se traînant : Sen. Vita b. 18, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
rēptābundus, a, um (repto) = ερπύσιμος, ερπύζοντι ὅμοιος (Gloss.), sich dem Schleichen hingebend, mit schleichendem Schritte, Sen. de vit. beat. 18, 2. – / Sen. de vit. beat. 1. 2 3 jetzt ructabundus.
