θεόσδοτος
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)
ον, poet. and later Prose for θεόδοτος,
A given by the gods, Hes.Op.320; δύναμις Pi.P.5.13; εὐδαιμονία Arist.EN1099b12; ἀρετή Max.Tyr.38.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1198] p. = θεόδοτος, von Gott gegeben; Hes. O. 322; δύναμις Pind. P. 5, 13; frg. 171; εὐδαιμονία Arist. Eth. Nic. 1, 9, 2; ἀγαθόν Luc. Iov. conf. 5.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θεόσδοτος: -ον, ποιητ. ἀντὶ θεόδοτος, δοθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν, χρήματα δ’ οὐχ ἁρπακτὰ, θεόσδοτα πολλὸν ἀμείνω Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 318, Πίνδ. ΙΙ. 5. 16· καὶ ἐν Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 1. 9, 2, κλπ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
c. θεόδοτος.
English (Slater)
θεόσδοτος, -ον (cf. θεόδοτος)
1 given by heaven τὰν θεόσδοτον δύναμιν (P. 5.13) εἰ δέ τις ἀνθρώποισι θεόσδοτος ἀτληκηκότας προστύχῃ (ἀτλάτα κακότας Boeckh) fr. 42. 5.
