cadmia
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)
cadmī̆a: (cadmē̆a, Paul. ex Fest. p. 47, 10 Müll.), ae, f., = καδμεία> or καδμία,
I an ore of zinc, calamine, cadmia, Plin. 34, 1, 2, § 2; 34, 10, 22, § 100; Paul. ex Fest. l. l.; Isid. Orig. 16, 20, 2 and 11.—
II The dross or slag formed in a furnace, Plin. 34, 10, 22. § 100 sq.; Isid. Orig. 16, 20, 12.
