Elymais
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)
Ĕlymāis: ĭdis, f., = Ἐλυμαΐς,
I a district of Persia, in the west of the modern province of Iran, Plin. 6, 25, 28, § 111 al.— Hence, Ĕlymaeus, a, um, adj., = Ἐλυμαῖος, Elymaean, Liv. 37, 40.—Plur. subst.: Ĕlymaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elymaïs, Liv. 35, 48 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ĕlўmāĭs, ĭdis (Ἐλυμαΐς), l’Élymaïde [contrée voisine de la Susiane : Plin. 6, 111 || -mæī, ōrum, m., Élyméens [habitants de l’Élymaïde] : Liv. 35, 48, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
Elymāis, idis, Akk. ida, f. (Ελυμαΐς), eine persische Landschaft im Westen der heutigen Provinz Iran, Plin. 6, 111 u.a. – Dav. Elymaeus, a, um (Ελυμαιος), elymäisch, Liv. – Plur. subst., Elymaeī, ōrum, m., die Einw. von Elymais, die Elymäer, Liv. u.a.
