spade
spade
subs.
Ar. and P. σμῐνύη, ἡ, Ar. and V. δί̆κελλα, ἡ, V. γενῄς, ἡ.
subs.
Ar. and P. σμῐνύη, ἡ, Ar. and V. δί̆κελλα, ἡ, V. γενῄς, ἡ.
SPADE
pala (Plaut.): bipalium (with a cross-bar in the lower part of the handle just above the broad part by means of which a person using the spade could dig more deeply into the earth; Varr. Col. Cato. ☞ Ligo = a hoe mattock). Proverbially. To call a spade a spade aliquid ita appellare ut appellant ii qui plane et Latine loquuntur (after Cic.); rem quamque suo nomine appellare.
pala (Plaut.): bipalium (with a cross-bar in the lower part of the handle just above the broad part by means of which a person using the spade could dig more deeply into the earth; Varr. Col. Cato. ☞ Ligo = a hoe mattock). Proverbially. To call a spade a spade aliquid ita appellare ut appellant ii qui plane et Latine loquuntur (after Cic.); rem quamque suo nomine appellare.
spade: pāla: leaning on his s. as he dug a trench, fossam fodiens palae innisus, Liv. 3, 26: to turn up with a s., pala vertere, Plin.: versare, Col. Phr.: to call a s. a s., plane et Latine loqui, Cic Ph. 7, 6, 17.