λακωνομανέω

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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

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 9] eine übertriebene Vorliebe für die Lacedämonier haben und diese im Aeußern zur Schau tragen, Ar. Av. 1281; vgl. B. A. 50, 13.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
être fou des Lacédémoniens.
Étymologie: Λάκων, μαίομαι.