κηροχυτέω
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 mould as in wax, Ar.Th.56 (anap.); κηροχυτεῖ τὰν ψυχάν Hippod. ap. Stob.4.1.94.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1434] Wachs schmelzen und formen, aus Wachs bilden, Ar. Th. 56; von den Bienen, Plat. ep. 29 (Plan. 210).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κηροχῠτέω: σχηματίζω ὡς ἐκ κηροῦ ἢ ἐν κηρῷ, Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 56· ― ἐπὶ τῶν μελισσῶν, κατασκευάζω κυψέλας ἐκ κηροῦ, Ἀνθολ. Πλαν. 4. 210.
