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
chărăcĭas: ae, m., = χαρακίας.
I Eit for making poles or stakes: calamus, a kind of reed, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168.—
II A name of a plant, wolf's-milk, Plin. 26, 8, 39, § 62; called also chărăcītes, ae, m., Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119; 26, 14, 87, § 146.