hydra
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)
subs.
P. and V. ὕδρα, ἡ. Proverb., cut off the heads of the Hydra: P. Ὕδραν τέμνειν (Plat., Rep. 426E).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hydra,¹¹ æ, f. (ὕδρα), hydre de Lerne : Lucr. 5, 27 ; Virg. En. 6, 576 ; Ov. M. 9, 192 || le Serpentaire [constellation] : Cic. Arat. 34, 292.
