ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ μίτου τὸ ζῆν ἤρτηται → life hangs by a thin thread
adj.
Now I flit above my dear mother Hecuba, disembodied of my mortal frame: V. νῦν ὑπὲρ μητρὸς φίλης Ἑκάβης ἀΐσσω σῶμʼ ἐρημώσας ἐμόν (Eur., Hec. 30).
