ficedula
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)
fīcē̆dŭla: (also written ficetula and ficecula; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 205), ae, f. id.,
I a small bird, the fig-pecker, becafico, Motacilla ficedula, Linn.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 48, 20; Lucil. ib. p. 274, 11; Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86; Mart. 13, 49 in lemm.; 13, 5; Juv. 14, 9; Petr. 33; Gell. 15, 18, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fīcēdŭla,¹⁴ æ, f. (ficus, edo), bec-figue [oiseau] : Varro L. 5, 76.
