φοινίκουρος
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 (LSJ)
[ῑ], ὁ, perh.
A red-start (i. e. red-tail), Luscinia phoenicurus, Arist.HA632b28, Gp.15.1.22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1296] ὁ, der Rothschwanz, ein Vogel, Arist. H. A. 9, 49.
