Πιτάνα

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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

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English (Slater)

Πῐτᾰνα a city in Sparta: its eponymous nymph, mother by Poseidon of Euadne.
   1 πρὸς Πιτάναν δὲ παρ' Εὐρώτα πόρον δεῖ σάμερον ἐλθεῖν (O. 6.28)

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Πῐτάνα: ἡ дор. = Πιτάνη.