λοιμεύομαι
From LSJ
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
English (LSJ)
(λοιμός) to be pestilent, LXX Pr.19.19.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λοιμεύομαι: (λοιμός), ἀποθ., προξενῶ φθοράν, Ἑβδ. (Παροιμ. ΙΘ΄, 19).
Greek Monolingual
λοιμεύομαι (Α) λοιμός
επιφέρω όλεθρο, προξενώ φθορά.
