χοϊκός
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)
ή, όν, (χοῦς B)
A of earth or clay, 1 Ep.Cor.15.47; κόνις Ph. 2.673. II of the age to take part in the festival of χόες, IG3.1342.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1361] von Schutt, von Erde, Lehm, N. T.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χοϊκός: -ή, -όν, (χοῦς Β) ὁ ἐκ χώματος, ἐκ γῆς, ὡς τὸ γήϊνος, πήλινος, Α΄ Ἐπιστ. πρ. Κορινθ. ιε΄, 47, Κλήμ. Ἀλ. 981, Ρήτορες (Walz) τ. 1, σ. 613. ΙΙ. ἴδε χοῦς (Α) ἐν τέλει.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ή, όν :
fait de terre.
Étymologie: χόος².
English (Strong)
from χόος; dusty or dirty (soil-like), i.e. (by implication) terrene: earthy.
English (Thayer)
χοικη χοικον (χοῦς, which see), made of earth, earthy: γυμνοί τούτους τοῦ χοϊκοῦ βαρους, Anon. in Walz, Rhett. i., p. 613,4; (Hippolytus haer. 10,9, p. 314,95).)
