cantilo
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 > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cantĭlō, āvī, āre (cano), intr., chanter, fredonner : Apul. M. 4, 8.