onslaught
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)
substantive
P. and V. προσβολή, ἡ, εἰσβολή, ἡ, P. ἐπίθεσις, ἐπιχείρησις, ἡ. ἔφοδος, ἡ, ἐπιδρομή, ἡ.
a murderous onslaught: V. θανάσιμον χείρωμα (Soph., Oedipus Rex 560).
