contignatio
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)
contignātĭo: ōnis, f. contigno, a joining together of beams; hence, concrete,
I a floor composed of joists and boards; a story, floor, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 2, 15; Auct. B. Alex. 1; Vitr. 2, 9; Liv. 21, 62, 3; Pall. 1, 9, 2 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contignātĭō,¹³ ōnis, f. (contigno), plancher : Cæs. C. 2, 9, 2 || étage : Liv. 21, 62, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
contīgnātio, ōnis, f. (contigno), die Bebälkung = Überbälkung, d.i. konkr. = das Dachgebälk, das Sparrwerk u. das überbälkte Stockwerk, Caes. u.a.: in tertiam contignationem escendere (v. einem Stier), Liv. – Plur., templorum veterum contignationes (Sparrwerk, griech. ὀροφαί), Plin. 13, 101.
