problema
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
problēma: ătis (
I gen. plur. problematorum, Gell. 3, 6, 1; abl. plur. problematis, id. 19, 6, 1), n., = πρόβλημα, a question proposed for solution, a problem, enigma, riddle, puzzle (post-Aug.), Suet. Gram. 4: problemata φιλοσοφούμενα, Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 8: Aristotelis libri sunt, qui Problemata physica inscribuntur, Gell. 19, 4, 1: Aristoteles in septimo problematorum, id. 3, 6, 1; 2, 30, 11; App. Mag. 51: in problematis Aristotelis, Gell. 19, 6, 1: proponam vobis problema, Vulg. Judic. 14, 12.—Hence, problēmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = προβληματικός, problematic; as subst.: problē-matĭca, ōrum, n., problems, cases set forth as problems (the title of a medical work), Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 3, 46.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prŏblēma, ătis, n. (πρόβλημα), problème, question à résoudre : Sen. Rhet. Contr. 1, 3, 8 ; Suet. Gramm. 4. gén. pl. -torum Gell. 2, 30, 11 ; 3, 6, 1 ; dat.-abl. -tis Gell. 19, 6, 1 ; Apul. Apol. 51.
