σκάφευσις
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)
-εως, ἡ,
A = σκαφεία, Suid.
II a cruel method of execution (cf. σκαφεύω), Eun.VS p.478 B., Tz.H.10.883.
German (Pape)
[Seite 890] ἡ, qualvolle Todesstrafe bei den Persern, Sp., s. σκαφεύω. ἡ, = σκαφεία, Suid.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σκάφευσις: ἡ, σκαφεία, Σουΐδ. ΙΙ. σκληρὸς τρόπος θανατώσεως, ἴδε σκαφεύω, Εὐνάπ. σελ.59, Τζέτζ. Ἱστ. 10. 885.
