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
μαστικτήρ: ῆρος, ὁ, = τῷ ἑπομ., Χρησμ. Σιβ. 2. 345· πρβλ. μακιστήρ, μαστήρ.
μαστικτήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ (Α)
μαστίκτωρ.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μαστίζω + επίθημα -τήρ].
μαστικτήρ: ῆρος ὁ Aesch. v. l. = μαστίκτωρ.
ῆρος, ὁ, = μαστίκτωρ, Orac.Sib.