περίχωμα
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)
ατος, τό, A embankment, dyke enclosing an area, PPetr.3p.339 (iii B.C.), Ostr.Bodl.i 245 (iii B.C.), PTeb.61(b).167 (ii B.C.). II area enclosed by dykes, PCair.Zen.182.7, 362.24 (iii B.C.), PTeb.13.12, 84.3 (ii B. C.).
Greek Monolingual
τὸ, Α περιχώννυμι
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