κολπώνω

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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

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Greek Monolingual

(AM κολπῶ, -όω, Μ και κολπώνω) κόλπος
δίνω σε κάτι σχήμα κόλπου, κάνω κάτι να φουσκώσει, εξογνώνω (α. «ο αέρας κόλπωσε τα πανιά του καραβιού» β. «ἄνεμος ἐμπεσὼν τοῖς ἱστίοις ἔφερε κολπώσας τὴν ὀθόνην», Λουκιαν.
γ. «ὁ ὑμήν... φυσώμενος διὰ τοῦ καυλοῦ αἴρεται και κολποῦται», Αριστοτ.)
μσν.
τραυματίζω, πληγώνω
αρχ.
(μτχ. παθ. παρακμ.) κεκολπωμένος, -η, -ον (για λόγο)
πομπώδης.