javelin
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)
substantive
P. and V. βέλος, τό (rare P.), παλτόν, τό (Xen. and Aesch., Fragment). Ar. and P. ἀκόντιον, το, V. ἄκων, ὁ.
spear: P. and V. δόρυ, τό, Ar. and V. λόγχη, ἡ, (Ar.), V. αἰχμή, ἡ, μεσάγκυλον, τό, βέλεμνον, τό. throw the javelin, v.: P. and V. ἀκόντιζειν, P. εἰσακοντίζειν.