falcifer
From LSJ
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
falcĭfer: ĕra, ĕrum, adj. falx + fero,
I sickle-bearing, holding a scythe or sickle.
I In gen.: covinus, Sil. 17, 418: manus, Ov. M. 13, 930.—
II In partic., an epithet of Saturn: senex, Ov. Ib. 218: Tonans, Mart. 5, 16, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
falcĭfĕr,¹⁴ ĕra, ĕrum (falx, fero), qui porte une faux : Ov. M. 13, 930
