κεγχρίτης
From LSJ
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
English (LSJ)
Aët.13.27:
κεγχρ-ίτης [ῑ], ου, ὁ,
A like millet, 1 = κεγχρίας 11 (q.v.). 2 a kind of stone, Plin.HN37.188. 3 a bird, Dionys.Av.3.23. II fem.κεγχρ-ῖτις, ἡ, ἰσχάς a dried fig (from its number of grains), AP6.231 (Phil.). 2 a fabulous plant, Ps.-Plu.Fluv.19.2.
