ἐμπλαστρώδης
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)
ες,
A like a plaster, Dsc.Eup.1.196, Gal.12.512,13.396; ἐμ-τώδης, Antyll. ap. Orib.Syn.2.60.36.
German (Pape)
[Seite 814] ες, pflasterähnlich, Diosc.