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εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
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English (LSJ)
τό, Peripl.M.Rubr.49, and μελῐ-λωτος, ὁ, Sapph. Supp.25.14, Thphr. HP7.15.3:—
A melilot, Trigonella graeca, a kind of clover, so called from the quantity of honey it contained, μ. ἀνθεμώδης Sapph. l.c., cf. Cratin.98, Arist. HA627a8, Thphr.l.c. 2 king's clover, Trigonella corniculata, Dsc.3.40. II a tree, acc. to Str.17.3.11. [ῐ: but ῑ Nic. Th.897.]
