ἀπρόσοιστος
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)
ον,
A hard to associate with or deal with, A.Pers.91 (lyr.). Adv. -τως unsociably, Isoc.9.49.
German (Pape)
[Seite 339] unerträglich, unwiderstehlich, Περσῶν στρατός Aesch. Pers. 91, Schol. ἀκαταμάχητος. – Adv., -στως, ἔχειν Isocr. 9, 49.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπρόσοιστος: -ον, ἀκαταγώνιστος, ἀκαταμάχητος, ἀπρόσοιστος γὰρ ὁ Περσῶν στρατὸς ἀλκίφρων τε λαὸς Αἰσχ. Πέρσ. 91. ΙΙ. ὁ ἀποφεύγων τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἀκοινώνητος, ἐν ἐπιρρήματι ἀπροσοίστως, ἀμίκτως, ἀπροσοίστως καὶ χαλεπῶς εἶχον Ἰσοκρ. 198Ε.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
dont on ne peut supporter le choc, irrésistible.
Étymologie: ἀ, προσοίσω, f. de προσφέρω.
