Παλλήνη
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)
ἡ, a peninsula and town of Chalcidice, Hdt.7.123, Th.1.56, etc.; Maced. Βαλλήνη Eust. 1618.45 (whence the joke on Βαλλήναδε in Ar.Ach.234, v. Sch. ad loc.). II an Attic deme; Παλληνεύς, ὁ, an inhabitant there of, Harp.; fem. Παλληνὶς Ἀθηναίη, Hdt.1.62, cf. IG12.310.189; Παλλήνᾰδε, to Pallene, v. supr. 1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Παλλήνη: ἡ, χερσόνησος καὶ πόλις τῆς Χαλκιδικῆς, Ἡρόδ. 7. 123, Θουκ., κλ.· ὁ Μακεδον. τύπος ἦτο Βαλλήνη, Εὐστ. 1618. 45 (ὅθεν τὸ λογοπαίγνιον Βαλλήναδε ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 234, ἴδε Σχόλ.). ΙΙ. δῆμός τις τῆς Ἀττικῆς· Παλληνεύς, ὁ, κάτοικος αὐτοῦ, Ἁρποκρ.· θηλ. Παλληνὶς Ἀθηνᾶ Ἡρόδ. 1. 62· Παλλήνᾰδε, εἰς τὴν Παλλήνην, ἴδε ἀνωτ. Ι.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
Pallènè :
1 péninsule de Macédoine;
2 dème attique de la tribu Antiochide.
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