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
[Seite 138] εσσα, εν, = μεσήεις, Maneth. 4, 65, l. d.
μεσόεις, -εσσα, -εν (Α)
μέσος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μέσος + κατάλ. -όεις (πρβλ. αστερόεις)].