σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → 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
v. trans.
Assume as a basis: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν, ὑποτίθεσθαι, τιθέναι, (or mid.). Be posited: P. ὑπάρχειν, ὑποκεῖσθαι, V. ὑπεῖναι.
