νίψις
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)
εως, ἡ, (νίζω)
A washing, ποδῶν Plu.Pomp.73.
German (Pape)
[Seite 258] ἡ, das Waschen, ποδῶν, Plut. Pomp. 73.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νίψις: -εως, τὸ νίπτεσθαι, Πλουτ. Πομπ. 73, Ὠριγέν. IV. 769D, κλ.