Polyxena
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
Πολυξένη, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pŏlyxĕna: ae, f., = Πολυξένη,
I a daughter of Priam, whom Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles, sacrificed at his father's grave, Ov. M. 13, 448; Juv. 10, 262; Sen. Troad. 368; Hyg. Fab. 110; cf. Verg. A. 3, 321.— Hence,
II Pŏlyxĕnĭus, a, um, adj., of Polyxena, Polyxenian: caedes, Cat. 64, 369.
