pancratium
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)
pancrătĭum: (-tion), ii, n., = παγκράτιον.
I A complete combat; a gymnastic contest which included both wrestling and boxing; cf. Quint. 2, 8, 13: et patitur duro volnera pancratio, Prop. 4, 13, 8; Sen. Ben. 5, 3, 1: Autolycos pancratio victor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79; cf. id. 35, 11, 40, § 139; Inscr. Fabr. p. 100, n. 226.—
II The herb succory, Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.—
III A plant, called also scilla pusilla, Plin. 27, 12, 92, § 118.
