damp

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)

adj.

P. and V. νοτερός, ὑγρός, διάβροχος, V. ὑδρηλός.

subs.

P. and V. νοτίς, ἡ (Plat.); see moisture.

Dampness: P. ὑγρότης, ἡ.

v. trans.

P. and V. ὑγραίνειν (Plat.), τέγγειν (Plat.), βρέχειν (Plat.), δεύειν (Plat.), νοτίζειν (Plat. and Aesch., Frag.), V. ὑγρώσσειν.

Sprinkle: V. ῥαίνειν, ὑδραίνειν.

Met., Damp ardour, etc.: P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.