trostlos
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
German > Latin
trostlos, I) ohne Trost: solacio destitutus (von Menschen). – omni spe od. ab omni spe destitutus. ab omni spe derelictus (hoffnungslos, v. Menschen). – desperatus (hoffnungslos, v. Dingen). – t. Lage, desperatae res; desperatio. – II) = untröstlich, w. s.