κατακρυφή
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)
ἡ,
A means of concealment, οὐ γὰρ ἔχω κ. S.OC218 (lyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1357] ἡ, das Verbergen, übertr., οὐ γὰρ ἔχω κατακρυφάν Soph. O. C. 218, was Suid. erkl. ἀποφυγὴν τοῦ μὴ εἰπεῖν, Ausflucht.
