ἔναυσις
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)
εως, ἡ,
A taking from a neighbour, ὑδάτων τε πηγαίων καὶ πυρός Plu.Cim.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 830] ἡ, das Anzünden, πυρός Plut. Cim. 10; ἀστραπῆς ἐναύσεις Criti. fr. p. 56 Bach.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔναυσις: ἡ, τὸ ἐναύειν, ἄναμμα, πυρὸς ἔναυσιν ἀνθρώπους ἐδίδαξαν Πλουτ. Κιμ. 10· ἀστραπῆς Κριτίας σ. 56, ἔκδ. Ν. Bach ἐν Λειψίᾳ 1827.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
action d’allumer.
Étymologie: ἐναύω¹.
