hapless
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
P. and V. δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, ἀτυχής (Eur., Heracl. 460, but rare V.), Ar. and V. δύσποτμος, δύσμορος (also Ant. but rare P.), V. ἄμοιρος, (also Plat. but rare P.), ἄμμορος, ἄνολβος. Unhappy: P. and V. ταλαίπωρος, ἄθλιος, οἰκτρός, Ar. and V. τλήμων, τάλας, σχέτλιος, δύστηνος, V. δάϊος, δυστάλας; see miserable.
