μήκιστον

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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

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Russian (Dvoretsky)

μήκιστον: дор. μάκιστον (τό) adv.
1) надолго: μ. ἀάσθης HH ты натворила беду надолго, т. е. причинила непоправимое несчастье;
2) самое большое, максимум (μὴ πλείω βιῶναι τὸ μ. ἐτῶν ἑκατόν Luc.): ἐπὶ μ. Luc. больше всего; τὸ μ. αἰῶνος Xen. глубокая старость;
3) дальше всего, как можно дальше (τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἀπελαύνειν Xen.): ὅτι δύνᾳ μ. Soph. так, как только можешь.