pilentum
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)
pīlentum: i, n.,
I an easy chariot or carriage, used by the Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried (cf. petorrita): pilentis et carpentis per urbem vehi matronis concessum est, quod, cum aurum non reperiretur, ex voto, quod Camillus voverat Apollini Delphico, contulerunt, Fest. p. 245 Müll.; cf. Liv. 5, 25: castae ducebant sacra per urbem Pilentis matres in mollibus, Verg. A. 8, 666; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 192.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pīlentum,¹⁴ ī, n., char [d’origine gauloise], voiture pour les dames romaines : Virg. En. 8, 666 ; Liv. 5, 25 ; Fest. 245.
Latin > German (Georges)
pīlentum, ī, n., eine Art Hängewagen, Kutsche, bes. als Fuhrwerk für röm. Damen, Verg., Hor. u. Liv.: und für das gottesdienstliche Gerät, Verr. Flacc. b. Macr. sat. 1, 6, 15. – spät. Nbf. pīlēns, Ven. Fort. carm. 6, 5, 181.
