equivocation
From LSJ
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
want of clearness: P. ἀσάφεια, ἡ.
prevarication: P. διάκρουσις, ἡ.