ἀπομειόομαι
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
Spanish (DGE)
disminuir ὅσον ἐὰν λάβῃς, οὐκ ἀπομειοῦνται τὸ ῥεῦμα Basil.M.31.1484A, en v. pas. τὰ τέλη ἀπομειωθῆναι IEphesos 38.7 (V d.C.).