τρίφατος
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 (LSJ)
[ῐ], η, ον, thrice-told, triple, Nic.Th.102.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1149] = Vorigem, Nic. Ther. 102.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρίφᾰτος: [ῐ], ἡ, ον, ὁ τρὶς λεχθείς, τριπλοῦς, δραχμάων τρίφατον δεκάδος καταβάλλεο βρῖθος, «τρίλεκτον, οἷον τριπλῆν δεκάδα, τουτέστι τριάκοντα δραχμάς» Νικ. Θηρ. 102.
Greek Monolingual
-ον, Α
τριπλός («δραχμάων τρίφατον δεκάδος... βρῖθος» — τριάντα δραχμές, Νικ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τρι- + φατός (< φημί), πρβλ. ἡμίφατος].
