προλάτης
From LSJ
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
Greek Monolingual
ο, θηλ. προλάτισσα, Ν
προπορευόμενος οδηγός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προ- + -ηλάτης (< ἐλαύνω), πρβλ. στρατηλάτης].
