πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
| Full diacritics: μνοΐα | Medium diacritics: μνοΐα | Low diacritics: μνοΐα | Capitals: ΜΝΟΪΑ |
| Transliteration A: mnoḯa | Transliteration B: mnoia | Transliteration C: mnoia | Beta Code: mnoi/+a |
or μνωΐα, contr. μνῴα, ἡ,
A a class of serfs or vassals, in Crete, Scol.28.5, Sosicr.Hist.6, Str.12.3.4, Hsch.:—hence μνοΐτης, also μνωΐτης, contr. μνῴτης, ου, ὁ, Cretan serf, Hermon ap.Ath.6.267c, Poll.3.83. (Cogn. with δμώς, cf. μεσόμνη for μεσόδμη.)
