νεηκής

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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

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νεηκής: -ές, (ἀκή) ὁ νεωστὶ ἀκονηθείς, Ἰλ. Ν. 391, Π. 484· Δωρ. νεᾱκής, Ἡσύχ. Περὶ τοῦ τονισμοῦ ἴδε Spitzn εἰς Ἰλ. Ζ. 77.

English (Autenrieth)

ές (ἀκή): freshly whetted, Il. 13.391 and Il. 16.484.