ἠρώνα
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
English (LSJ)
ἁ, perh.
A service, office, ἐπιτελέσσαντα ταὶς ἠρώναις παίσαις (acc. pl.) dub. in IG12(2).242 (Mytil.).
Greek Monolingual
ἡρώνα, ἡ (Α) ήρως
επιγρ. λειτούργημα.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: `consecrated object = ἱερωνία (inscr. Thermi near Myrilene, IG XII 2, 251)
Etymology: For ἱερωνία, a Lesbianized form. R. Hodot, ZPE 49 (1982) 187-9.
