ἀποχειροβίοτος
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)
or ἀποχειροβίωτος [ῐ], ον, living by the work of one's hands, Hdt.3.42,X.Cyr.8.3.37.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: living from his hands < who gets his livelyhood from his hands (Hdt.)
Other forms: Also ἀποχειρόβιος (Poll.) (wrong -βίωτος, s. Wackernagel Glotta 14, 55)
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]
Etymology: With βίοτος and ἀπὸ χειρῶν.
Frisk Etymology German
ἀποχειροβίοτος: {apokheirobíotos}
Forms: (falsch ἀποχειροβίωτος, s. Wackernagel Glotta 14, 55)
Meaning: eig. den Lebensunterhalt von den Händen bekommend = von seinen Händen lebend (Hdt., X.),
Etymology: eine Zusammenbildung von βίοτος und ἀπὸ χειρῶν. Daneben, im selben Sinne, ἀποχειρόβιος (Poll., H., Suid.).
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