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πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
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|lshtext=<b>lippus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. [[lip]], to [[smear]]; Gr. [[λίπα]], [[λίπος]] | |lshtext=<b>lippus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. [[lip]], to [[smear]]; Gr. [[λίπα]], [[λίπος]], [[fat]]; [[ἄλειφα]], [[salve]]; [[whence]] [[adeps]],<br /><b>I</b> [[blear-eyed]], bleared, inflamed.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: num [[tibi]] [[lippus]] videor, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 21: (matrem) cubare in navi lippam [[atque]] oculis turgidis, id. ib. 4, 3, 15 lippi [[illic]] oculi seruos est simillimus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72; id. Pers. 1, 1, 11; Vitr. 8, 4, 4: non [[tamen]] [[idcirco]] contemnas [[lippus]] inungi, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; cf.: [[lippus]] Illinere, id. S. 1, 5, 30.—Prov.: omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus, i. e. to [[everybody]], Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> Dim-sighted, [[nearly]] [[blind]], [[half]]-[[blind]], [[purblind]]: fuligine [[lippus]], Juv. 10, 130: patres, Pers. 1, 79.—<br /> <b>2</b> Dropping, [[running]]: lippa sub attrita fronte [[lacuna]] putet, of an [[empty]] [[eye]]-[[socket]], Mart. 8, 59, 2: [[ficus]], an [[over]]-[[ripe]] [[fig]], dropping [[with]] [[juice]], id. 7, 20, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[blind]] to one's [[own]] faults: [[vappa]] et [[lippus]], Pers. 5, 76; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 25. | ||
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Revision as of 09:33, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lippus: a, um, adj. Sanscr. lip, to smear; Gr. λίπα, λίπος, fat; ἄλειφα, salve; whence adeps,
I blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed.
I Lit.: num tibi lippus videor, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 21: (matrem) cubare in navi lippam atque oculis turgidis, id. ib. 4, 3, 15 lippi illic oculi seruos est simillimus, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 72; id. Pers. 1, 1, 11; Vitr. 8, 4, 4: non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; cf.: lippus Illinere, id. S. 1, 5, 30.—Prov.: omnibus et lippis notum et tonsoribus, i. e. to everybody, Hor. S. 1, 7, 3.—
B Transf.
1 Dim-sighted, nearly blind, half-blind, purblind: fuligine lippus, Juv. 10, 130: patres, Pers. 1, 79.—
2 Dropping, running: lippa sub attrita fronte lacuna putet, of an empty eye-socket, Mart. 8, 59, 2: ficus, an over-ripe fig, dropping with juice, id. 7, 20, 12.—
II Trop., blind to one's own faults: vappa et lippus, Pers. 5, 76; cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 25.
