ἄραδος
From LSJ
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
English (LSJ)
[ᾰρ], ὁ,
A disturbance, τοῦ χρωτὸς ἄ. ποιεῖν Hp.Morb.4.56; ἄ. ἐμποιεῖν Id.Acut.(Sp.)47; also of foods, ἄ. ἔχειν Id.VM15; ἔχον ἄ. κακόν Id.Acut.10; palpitation of the heart, ἄ. κακός Nic.Th.775: generally, ὁ ἐκ τῆς συνουσίας ἄ. καὶ παλμός prob. in Plu.2.654b. (Prob. onomatop., like ἄραβος.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 343] ὁ, heftige Bewegung im Leibe, mir Knurren u. Kollern verbunden, Hippocr. Bei Nic. Th. 776 Herzklopfen, Schol. κίνησις σώματος μετὰ γυμνασίας καὶ ἀλγηδόνος.
