τανεῖαι
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)
αἱ, A beams, Thphr.HP4.1.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1067] αἱ, Balken, tigna, vielleicht von τείνω, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τᾰνεῖαι: -αἱ, ἐπιμήκη ξύλα χρησιμεύοντα πρὸς τὰς ναυπηγίας καὶ τὰς οἰκοδομάς, Λατ. tigna, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 4. 1, 2.
Frisk Etymology German
τανεῖαι: {taneĩai}
Grammar: f. pl.
Meaning: Balken (Thphr. HP 4, 1, 2).
Etymology : Nach der Form zu schließen Fem. eines Adj. *τανύς, s. τανυ-; semantisch möglich.
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