ambago
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
Latin > English
ambago ambaginis N F :: confusion, uncertainty, obscurity
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ambāgo: ĭnis, f., = ambages: rerum. Manil. 4, 303; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 297.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ambāgō, ĭnis, f. (amb et ago), ambiguïté, caractère énigmatique : Manil. 4, 304.
Latin > German (Georges)
ambāgo, ginis, f. (amb u. ago), die Dunkelheit, Rätselhaftigkeit, rerum, Manil. 4, 304: verborum, Mamert. grat. act. 14, 7: pati ambaginem, Augustin. de dial. 9. p. 16, 12 Cr. Gramm. inc. de dub. nom. (V) 572, 5.
