ἐμβατέω
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)
= ἐμβατεύω (step in, frequent, haunt, set foot upon, enter on, come into possession of, on, enter, enter on possession of, enter on an inheritance, mount, cover, be initiated), Nic. Th. 147 ; — Med., Lyc. 642. prob. f.l. for ἐμβοτ-, lead to pasture, AP 7.657 (Leon.).
Spanish (DGE)
• Morfología: [no contr. pres. ind. ἐμβατέει Nic.Th.147, part. ἐμβατέοντες Nic.Th.804]
1 intr. recorrer, rondar, habitar τόθι ... ἐμβατέει por allí ronda una serpiente, Nic.Th.147, Κισσοῖο κατὰ πτύχας ἐμβατέοντες Nic.Th.804.
2 tr., med. alcanzar ἀκτὰς ἐμβατήσονται ... Ἰβηροβοσκούς alcanzarán las costas que alimentan a los iberos Lyc.642.
German (Pape)
[Seite 805] dasselbe, 1) betreten, ἀκτάς Lycophr. 642; Nic. Th. 847. – 2) bespringen, Leon. Tar. 98 (VII, 657).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐμβᾰτέω: τῷ προηγ., Νικ. Θηρ. 147· ἐν τῷ μέσῳ τύπῳ, Λυκόφρ. 642. ΙΙ. = τῷ προηγ. ΙΙΙ, Ἀνθ. Π. 7. 657.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐμβᾰτέω: (о животных) покрывать Anth.
