elingo

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

Latin > English

elingo elingere, elinxi, elinctus V TRANS :: lick clean; lick up (Ecc)

Latin > German (Georges)

ē-lingo, līnxī, ere, auslecken, corda eorum (v. Schlangen), das Blut aussaugen, Vulg. Baruch 6, 19: im Bilde, elinxi stillam dulcedinis ex tua veritate, Augustin. conf. 13, 30 extr. – / Plin. 25, 155 jetzt lingatur.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ēlingō, xī, ĕre, tr., lécher : Aug. Conf. 13, 30.

Latin > Chinese

elingo, is, nxi, nctum, ngere. 3. ::