δείλακρος
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 (LSJ)
α, ον,
A pitiable, Ar.Pl.973, Carm.Pop.27.
German (Pape)
[Seite 536] α, ον, höchst feig, höchst elend, Ar. Pl. 973. Das fem. bei Ath. XV, 697 c.
