ἀνθυπαλλάσσω
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)
Att. ἀνθυπαλλάττω,
A substitute, esp. in Rhet., substitute one case for another, Demetr.Eloc.59, cf. A.D.Synt. 232.2; of interchange of moods, in Pass., ib.211.19:—Med., receive in exchange, θνητὸν ἀθανάτου βίον Ph.2.440.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνθυπαλλάσσω: -ττω, ἀνταλλάσσω, λέγω ἄλλο ἀντὶ ἄλλου, Δημήτρ. Φαλ. 59. - «ἀνθυπήλλαξε γὰρ εἰπών: ἐν τῇ σορῷ, δέον ἐν τῇ Ἡλιαίᾳ» Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Πλ. 276: - Μέσ., δέχομαι ὡς ἀντάλλαγμά τι ἀντί τινος, ἐφ’ οἷς εἰκότως θνητὸν ἀντὶ ἀθανάτου βίον ἀνθυπηλλάξατο Φίλων 2. 440. 38.
