Πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου

many things lie between a cup and a lip's edge

Translated by David Whitehead14 Aug 2012Vetting: high3 revisions

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου.

Betacode
*polla\ metacu\ pe/lei ku/likos kai\ xei/leos a)/krou.

Notes

  1. There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip (a hexameter verse): cf. Zenobius 5.71 and other paroemiographers; Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.33.

Neighbouring entries

π1867Πολλὰ καινὰ τοῦ πολέμουmany empty things in warπ1868Πολλά κεν εἰδείης οἷς τὸν θεὸν ἐξαπατήσαιςyou would know many things with which you might deceive the godπ1869Πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρουmany things lie between a cup and a lip's edgeπ1870υνκνοων—Πολλά τοι σμικροὶ λόγοι ἔσφηλαν ἤδη καὶ κατώρθωσαν βροτούςmany small words have tripped men up and righted themπ1871Πολλαπλᾶmultiple
Revision history3 revisions · last 16 Aug 2012
  1. another keyword — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note, added keyword — Catharine Roth
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“many things lie between a cup and a lip's edge.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 14 August 2012. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/pi/1869>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/pi/1869>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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