σκυτάλιον
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)
τό, Dim. of σκύτᾰλον,
A little staff, baton, σκυτάλι' ἐφόρουν Ar.Av.1283, where the Sch. remarks on the exceptional quantity σκυτᾱλι' ἐφόρουν, quoting Fr. 422 (where it may well be short), Nicopho 2, and other examples; ἐσκῠτᾰλιοφόρουν Porson. 2 little pipe, flute, Poll.4.82, and perh. so in Thphr.HP4.4.12. 3 lever, handle for turning a windlass, etc., Hero Spir.1.43; support, Orib.49.4.41. 4 cog, tooth, on a wheel, Hero Dioptr.34 (pl.). 5 dub. sens., σφαιρίον σ. οὐκ ἔχον BCH29.546 (Delos, ii B.C.). II = κοτυληδών 5, Dsc.4.91.
