diiambus
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dĭĭambus: i, m., = διΐαμβος,
I a double iambus: ˘¯˘¯, Don. p. 1739 P.; Diom. p. 477 ib. et saep. (in Ter. Maur. p. 2415 P., written as Greek).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dĭĭambus, ī, m. (διΐαμβος), pied diïambe, de deux ïambes : Diom. 481, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
diiambus, ī, m. (διΐαμβος), der Doppeljambus, Diom. 481, 3 u.a. Gramm.
