εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
P. and V. φθορά, ἡ (Thuc. 2, 47), P. φθόρος, ὁ (Thuc. 2, 51); see death.
