gleam
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἀστραπή, ἡ (Plato), Ar. and V. σέλας, τό (also Plato but rare P.) αὐγή, ἡ (also Plato in sense of ray), P. μαρμαρυγή, ἡ (Plato).
beam: P. and V. ἀκτίς, ἡ (Plato), V. βολή, ἡ; see also light, fire.
Met., gleam in the eye: Ar. and V. ἀστραπή, ἡ.
verb intransitive
P. and V. λάμπειν; (Plato ἐκλάμπειν (Plato), ἀστράπτειν (Plato), στίλβειν (Plato), Ar. and V. φλέγειν, λάμπεσθαι, V. αἴθειν, αἴθεσθαι, μαρμαίρειν.
of the eyes: P. and V. ἀστράπτειν; (Plato).
