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: πῠρεστία | Medium diacritics: πυρεστία | Low diacritics: πυρεστία | Capitals: ΠΥΡΕΣΤΙΑ |
| Transliteration A: pyrestía | Transliteration B: pyrestia | Transliteration C: pyrestia | Beta Code: puresti/a |
ἡ, hearth, PMasp.2 iii 11 (vi A.D.).
ἡ, Α
εστία φωτιάς, τζάκι, πυροστιά.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πῦρ + ἑστία.
