σπερμάτιον
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)
τό, Dim. of σπέρμα, Thphr.HP9.20.1, BGU1861.4 (i B.C., pl.), Dsc.2.180, M.Ant.12.26.