ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ μίτου τὸ ζῆν ἤρτηται → life hangs by a thin thread
in-trĕpĭdo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,I to perform tremblingly, i. e. hastily, rapidly (postclass.): multos orbes, Symm. ap. Jornand. de Reb. Get. 15.
intrĕpĭdō, āre, tr., faire précipitamment : Symm. d. Jord. Get. 15.