ἰσχαλέος
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
English (LSJ)
α, ον, poet. for ἰσχνός,
A dried, κρομύοιο λοπὸς ἰσχαλέοιο Od.19.233; thin, paltry, περόναι Man.6.434:—later ἰσχνᾰλέος, Eust. 1863.60.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1272] p. = ἰσχνός; κρόμυον Od. 19, 233; Hippocr. u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰσχᾰλέος: -α, -ον, ποιητ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἰσχνός, λεπτός, χιτῶν᾿… οἷόν τε κρομύοιο λοπόν κάτα ἰσχαλέοιο Ὀδ. Τ. 233· - λεπτός, μηδαμινός, περόναι Μανέθων 6. 434· - μετέπειτα ἰσχναλέος, Εὐστ. εἰς Ὀδ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
α, ον :
desséché, sec.
Étymologie: cf. ἰσχνός.
