gag
From LSJ
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
Ar. ἐμβάλλειν πάσσαλον (dat.) (Thesmophoriazusae 222).
Met., silence: P. κατασιωπᾶν (Xen.).
