ἐπίκληρος
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)
Dor. -κλᾱρος, ἡ ὁ only in Thom.Mag.p.138R.),
A heiress, Ar.Av.1653, V. 583. And.1.121, Lys.26.12, Pl.Lg.630e, Arist.Ath.9.2, Pol.1270a27, IG22.1165, Test.Epict.3.31, etc.; ὥσπερ ἐπικλήρου . . ἀμφις βητήσων ἥκει Lys.24.14. 2. c. dat., ἐ. τῇ ἀρχῇ (so codd.: prob. τῆς ἀρχῆς) heiress to the kingdom, D.H.1.70: c. gen., ἐ. οὐσίας μεγάλης Plu. Cleom.1. 3. Astrol., perh. f.l. for ἔγκληρος, Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).225.
