Permessus
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Permessus: i, m., = Περμησσός,
I a river in Bœotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses, which rises in Mount Helicon and flows into the Copaic lake, Verg. E. 6, 64.— Hence,
A Permessis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Permessian, Mart. 1, 77, 11; 8, 70, 3.—
B Permessĭus, a, um, adj., Permessian: fons, Claud. Laud. Seren. 8.
