ἀφικετεύω
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
Spanish (DGE)
suplicar ἱκέσιος ... ἀφικέτευεν ἐς [ἀρχε] πολίαν καὶ τριφυλίαν SEG 9.72.132 (Cirene IV a.C.), tb. en v. med. ἐπὶ ἱαρῶν παρίμεν τὸν ἀφικετευόμενον τῶν δαμοτελ έων SEG 9.72.138.
