ἀλθαίνω
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 (LSJ)
A heal, Lyc.582, Timae.15: fut. ἀλθήσω Nic.Th.587: aor. ἤλθησα ib.496, Al.112: aor. 2 inf. ἀλθεῖν· ὑγιάζειν Hp. ap. Gal.19.76: —Pass., become whole and sound, pres., ἐπὴν τὸ ἕλκος ἀλθαίνηται Hp. Morb.2.33: Ep. impf. or aor. ἄλθετο χείρ Il.5.417; ἀλθομένη Q.S.9.475 (nisi leg. ἀλδομένη): fut. ἀλθήσομαι (ἀπ-) Il.8.405: aor. ἀλθεσθῆναι (συν-) Hp.Art.14:—later aor. Med. ἠλθησάμην Poet.de herb. 44.
