ἐπιληκέω
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)
A clap the hands in applause, or beat time to the dancers, Od.8.379.
German (Pape)
[Seite 958] dazu lärmen, klatschen, ἐπελήκεον Od. 8, 379, den Takt zum Tanz, Ath. I, 15 d erkl. ἐπικροτεῖν τοῖς λιχανοῖς δακτύλοις.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιληκέω: ἐπιβοῶ ἐπιδοκιμάζων, ὡς τὸ ἐπιάχω, ἢ κτυπῶ χρόνον διὰ τοῦ ποδὸς εἰς τοὺς χορεύοντας, κοῦροι δ’ ἐπελήκεον ἄλλοι, «ἐπεκρότουν» (Εὐστ.), Ὀδ. Θ. 379.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
impf. poét. ἐπελήκεον;
faire du bruit en battant des mains ou en marquant la mesure à des danseurs.
Étymologie: ἐπί, ληκέω.
