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
ălyssŏn: i, n. ἄλυσσος, curing (canine) madness,
I a plant used for the bite of a mad dog, madwort, Plin. 24, 11, 57, § 95.
ălyssŏn, ī, n. (ἄλυσσον), garance sauvage [plante qui préserve de la rage] : Plin. 24, 95.