Ἄρης
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)
ὁ, Ep.gen. Ἄρεος, Att.
A Ἄρεως A.Th.64, E.El.1258; but Ἄρεος (never contr.) is required by the metre in A.Th.115 (lyr.), S.OC947, Ant. 125 (lyr.), El. 1423 (lyr.), E.Heracl.275, El.950, Fr.16; dat. Ἄρεϊ, contr. Ἄρει; acc. Ἄρεα S.OT190 (lyr.), Att. Ἄρη (never Ἄρην, which is not found in Attic Inscrr. and is never required by the metre; Ἄρη' is the true reading in Il.5.909, Hes.Sc.59, cf. AP7.237 (Alph.), D.S. 5.72); voc. Ἄρες, Ep. (metri gr.) Ἆρες:—Ion. and Ep. declens. Ἄρης, ηος, ηι, ηα: Aeol. Ἄρευς, ευος, ευα, ευι, ευ, Sapph.66, Alc. 28 ff.:—Ares: in Trag., the god of destruction generally, S. OT190, etc.; ἐς Οἰδίπου παῖδε . . Ἄρης κατέσκηψ' Ar.Fr.558; in Com., Ἄρεως νεοττός chicken of Ares, Id.Av.835. 2 the planet Mars, Arist. Cael.292a5, Cleom.1.11.59, etc.; Ἄρεος ἡμέρα D.C.37.19. II in Poets, Appellat. for war, slaughter, ξυνάγωμεν Ἄρηα Il.2.381; Ἄρη μείξουσιν S.OC1046 (lyr.); χρονίῳ σὺν Ἄρει Pi.P.11.36; Ἄρης ἐμφύλιος, Ἄ. τιθασός, A.Eu.862,355; θηλυκτόνῳ Ἄρει δαμέντων Id.Pr.861; ναύφαρκτος Ἄ. Id.Pers.951 (lyr.); λιθόλευστον Ἄρη death by stoning, S.Aj.254(lyr.); ἔνθα μάλιστα γίγνετ' Ἄ. ἀλεγεινὸς ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, of a mortal wound, Il.13.569. 2 warlike spirit, A.Ag.78, E.Ph. 134; κἀν γυναιξὶν . . Ἄ. ἔνεστιν S.El.1242; οὔτ' ὄλβος οὔτ' Ἄ. Id.Ant. 952; μέγαν ἐκ θυμοῦ κλάζοντας Ἄ. A.Ag.48; Ἄρη βλέπειν Ar.Pl.328, Timocl.12.7: in Prose, ἔμφυτος Ἄ. Gorg.Fr.6. 3 the sword, ὀξὺς Ἄ. Il.7.330, cf. AP7.531 (Antip. Thess.), Plu.2.23c. III epith. of Zeus, as the avenger of perjury, in oaths, IG5(2).343c (Arc.); of Ἐνυάλιος, ibid., Poll.8.106. (Akin to ἀρή, q. v.) [ᾰ in Hom., but α of voc. may be long, e.g. Ἆρες, Ἄρες βροτολοιγέ Il.5.31, and gen. Ἄρηος 2.767, Call.Jov.77 (s.v.l.), Ἄρεος A.R.3.1187, dat. Ἄρηϊ Id.2.991: in Trag., regularly ᾰ, but A. uses ᾱ even in dialogue, as Th.244, 469; and S. in lyr., Aj.252,614, Ant.139.]