transfugium
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 > English (Lewis & Short)
transfŭgĭum: ii, n. transfugio.
I Lit., a going over to the enemy, desertion (very rare): ut transfugia impeditiora essent, Liv. 22, 43, 5: crebra, ut in civili bello, Tac. H. 2, 34; 4, 70; id. A. 2, 46. —
II Transf.: sacrarii, a migrating to Rome, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 503: ad Christum de circumcisione, conversion, Sid. Ep. 8, 13.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
trānsfŭgĭum,¹⁴ ĭī, n. (transfugio), désertion : Liv. 22, 43, 5 ; Tac. H. 2, 34, etc. || [fig.] Prud. Symm. 2, 505.
