διατήκω
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 melt, soften by heat, κηρόν Ar.Nu.149; relax the bowels, Hp.Aër.7. 2 soak, ἐν ἐλαίῳ Thphr.Od.29, Aët.15.13:—Pass., aor. -ετήχθην Ph.Bel.89.20. II Pass., with pf. -τέτηκα, melt away, thaw, X.An.4.5.6; waste away, Arist.Mete.385a28, Agath.2.14.
German (Pape)
[Seite 606] zerschmelzen lassen; κηρόν Ar. Nubb. 179; Sp., z. B. Luc. Alex. 21; pass. schmelzen; vom Schnee, Xen. An. 4, 5, 6; Arist. Meteor. 4, 8.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
διατήκω: μέλλ. -ξω, τήκω ἐντελῶς, διὰ θερμότητος μαλάσσω, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 149· λύω (τὰ ἔντερα), Ἱππ. Ἀέρ. 284. ΙΙ. παθ. μετὰ πρκμ. τέτηκα, τήκομαι, διαλύομαι, Ξεν. Ἀν. 4. 5, 6· φθίνω, «λυώνω», Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 4. 8, 8.
