ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
mēlŏpĕpo: ōnis, m., = μηλοπέπων,
I an apple-shaped melon, cucumber-melon, not eaten till fully ripe, Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 67.
mēlŏpĕpō, ŏnis, m. (μηλοπέπων), melon : Plin. 19, 67.
