Gordium
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
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Gordĭum: ii, n., = Γόρδιον,
I a city of Phrygia Major on the Sangarius, famous for the Gordian knot (v. Gordius), Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146; Liv. 38, 18, 10 sqq.; Curt. 3, 1, 12 sqq.—Hence, Gordĭensis, e, adj., of Gordium, Scrib. 172.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Gordĭum,¹⁶ ĭī, n. (Γόρδιον), ville de Phrygie : Curt. 3, 1, 12.
Latin > German (Georges)
Gordium, iī, n. (Γορδιον), Hauptstadt des Königs Gordius in Großphrygien, berühmt durch den gordischen Knoten (s. Gordius), Iustin. 11, 7, 3: über ihre Lage s. Liv. 38, 18, 10 sqq. Curt. 3, 1, 12 sqq. – Dav.: a) Gordiēnsis, e, gordiensisch, Scrib. Larg. 172. – b) Gordius, a, um, gordisch, tamquam nodus Gordius difficillimus, Amm. 14, 11, 1.
