εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
hard to make out: P. and V. αἰνιγματώδης. V. αἰνικτός; see obscure.
speaking in riddles: V. ποικιλῳδός, ῥαψῳδός.
