δονακεύομαι
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)
A fowl with reed and birdlime, AP9.264 (Apollonid. or Phil.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 656] ion. u. ep. δουν., mit Rohr, d. i. Leimruthen fangen, Apollonds. 25 (IX, 264).
