ἀνάσσειν

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

Source

Lexicon Thucydideum

regnare, to rule, reign, 1.9.4 (ex Hom. II. from Homer IIiad 2.108.1).