στεφάνωμα
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
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A that which surrounds, crown, wreath, Thgn.1001; βωμῶν Pi.I.4 (3).62(80); μεγάλαιν θεοῖν ἀρχαῖον σ. S.OC684 (lyr.); σ. πύργων [the city's] coronal of towers, the encircling towers, Id.Ant.122 (lyr.). 2 a crown as the prize of victory, Pi.P.12.5; σελίνων Id.I. 2.15. 3 pl., the place where crowns or garlands were sold, Ar.Ec. 303(lyr.), Pherecr.2. 4 plants used for making garlands, Cratin. 150, Thphr.HP6.6.1, cf. Ath.15.672f, Hsch. II reward, honour, glory, πλούτου, Κυράνας, Pi.P.1.50, 9.4; παγκρατίου Id.I.4(3).44(62); παῖδα Διὸς ὑμνῆσαι, σ. μόχθων as a reward for... E.HF355 (lyr.).