ἐξακμάζω
From LSJ
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)
A to be gone by, of an opportunity, Sch.S.Aj.594.
German (Pape)
[Seite 865] verblühen, Schol. Soph. Ai. 594.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐξακμάζω: μέλλ. -σω, παρακμάζω, παρέρχομαι, Σχόλ. εἰς Σοφ. Αἴ. 594.
Spanish (DGE)
perder la sazón fig. ref. al tiempo ἐξακμάσαντος τοῦ καιροῦ habiendo pasado la ocasión, e.e., no siendo ya el momento oportuno Sch.S.Ai.594.
