meditamentum
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕdĭtāmentum: i, n. id.,
I a thinking of any thing, a preparation.
I In gen.: belli, Tac. H. 4, 26; id. A. 15, 35: arietum meditamenta, thoughtfully prepared battering-rams, Amm. 23, 4, 10.— *
II In partic.; plur.: puerilia, rudiments taught to children at school, Gell. 8, 10 in lemm.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mĕdĭtāmentum,¹⁵ ī, n. (meditor), exercice, préparation : Tac. Ann. 15, 35 ; H. 4, 26
