εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
cyprīnus: i, m., = κυπρῖνος,
I a species of carp, Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 162; 9, 16, 25, § 58.
(1) cyprĭnus, a, um, de cuivre : Grom. 322, 1.
(2) cyprīnus, ī, m., espèce de carpe : Plin. 9, 58 ; 162.
