excerptio
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)
excerptĭo: ōnis, f. excerpo, II. A.,
I an extract selected from a composition, an excerpt, Gell. 17, 21, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
excerptĭō, ōnis, f. (excerpo), extrait, recueil : Gell. 17, 21, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
excerptio, ōnis, f. (excerpo), das aus einer Schrift Ausgewählte, das Erzerpt, im Plur. bei Gell. 17, 21, 1.
