περιποτάομαι
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)
poet. for περιπέτομαι,
A hover about, τὰ δ' ἀεὶ ζῶντα (sc. τὰ μαντεῖα) περιποτᾶται S. OT482 (lyr.): c. acc., Hld.2.22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 589] poet. statt περιπέτομαι, herumfliegen, umflattern, Soph. O. R. 482.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
περιποτάομαι: ποιητ. ἀντὶ περιπέτομαι, περιίπταμαι, πετῶ ὁλόγυρα, τὰ δ’ ἀεὶ ζῶντα (δηλ. τὰ μαντεῖα) περιποτᾶται Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 482· μετ’ αἰτ., Ἡλιόδ. 2. 22.
