βασκάς
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 (LSJ)
(or -ᾶς), άδος, ἡ, a kind of
A duck, Ar.Av.885; cf. βοσκάς, φασκάς.
