ἐναγίζω
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)
fut.
A -ιῶ Is.6.51, 7.30:—offer sacrifice to the dead, opp. θύω (to the gods), τινί Hdt.1.167; ἐ. τινὶ ὡς ἥρωϊ, opp. θύειν τινὶ ὡς ἀθανάτῳ, Id.2.44, cf. Is.6.51, al., Plb.23.10.17; τοῖς κατὰ πόλεμον τελευτήσασιν IG22.1006.26 (ii B. C.): c. acc. rei, ἐ. ἀποπυρίδας τινί Clearch.16; κριόν Plu.Thes.4, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 824] Todtenopfer bringen, Her. 1, 167, τινί; die jährlich auf dem Grabe dargebracht wurden; Plut. Arist. 21; Is. 2, 46. 6, 51; auch = den Heroen opfern, Her. 2, 44, nicht = den Göttern opfern (θύειν), vgl. Plut. Her. malign. 13 u. Schol. Ap. Rh. 1, 587; auch βοῦν, ταῦτα οὐκ ἄρνας, Plut. Sol. 21 Cat. mai. 15; ἀποπυρίδας Clearch. Ath. VIII, 344 c.
