silt up
From LSJ
ἀλλὰ τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → why all this about trees and rocks, why all these things we have nothing to do with
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
Met., P. καταχωννύναι.
the river is always silting up: P. ὁ ποταμὸς προσχοῖ ἀεί (Thuc. 2, 102).