Gaurus
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)
Gaurus: i, m.,
I a mountain in Campania, famous for its wine, now Monte Barbaro, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 64; Flor. 1, 16, 5; Cic. Agr. 2, 14, 36: Gaurus inanis (as producing little), Juv. 9, 57.—
II Deriv. Gaurā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount Gaurus, Gauran: montes, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60; cf. mons, i. e. the Gaurus, Stat. Th. 8, 546: saltus, Flor. 2, 6, 28: vites, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 38; cf. vinum, id. 14, 6, 8, § 63: ostrea, i. e. from the Lucrine lake, Juv. 8, 86.
