κνίς
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)
κνῐδός, ἡ,
A = κνίδη, acc. sg. κνίδα [ῐ] Opp.H.2.429: pl. κνίδες Sm.Is.55.13, cf.Aq., Thd.ib.34.13.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κνίς: -ίδος, = κνίδη, αἰτ. ἑνικ. κνίδα ῐ ἐν Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 2. 429˙ πληθ. κνίδες, διάφ. γρ. παρὰ τοῖς Ἑβδ. (Ἡσαΐας ΝΕ΄, 13).
Greek Monolingual
κνίς, -ιδός, ἡ (Α)
η κνίδη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Υποχωρητ. παρ. του κνίζω.
