unexpected
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)
adj.
P. and V. ἀπροσδόκητος, ἀδόκητος (Eur., H. F. 92), ἀνέλπιστος, Ar. and V. ἄελπτος, V. ποταίνιος, ἀφρόντιστος (Aesch., Ag. 1377).
Paradoxical: P. παράδοξος.
Sudden: Ar. and P. αἰφνίδιος, P. ἐξαιφνίδιος, V. ἀφνίδιος, ἐπίσσυτος, πρόσπαιος.
From causes unexpected and unforeseen: V. ἐξ ἀέλπτων κἀπρομηθήτων (Aesch., Supp. 357).
