comprehend
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
P. and V. ἔχειν, συλλαμβάνειν, P. περιέχειν, περιλαμβάνειν.
Comprehend under one name: P. εἰς ἓν ὄνομα συνάγειν.
Understand: P. and V. μανθάνειν, συνιέναι (acc. or gen.), ἐπαΐειν, ὑπολαμβάνειν (rare V.), ἐννοεῖν or mid., P. καταλαμβάνειν, καταμανθάνειν, κατανοεῖν; see understand.
