sphondyle

From LSJ

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

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sphondylē: sphondylus, i, and sphondylĭon (-um), i, v. spond-.

Latin > German (Georges)

sphondylē, ēs, f. (σφονδύλη), ein unter der Erde lebendes, alle Wurzeln beschädigendes Tier, das, wenn es verfolgt wird, einen Gestank von sich gibt, Plin. 27, 143.