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
v. intrans.
Perch: P. and V. καθῆσθαι, καθίζειν. Roost upon: Ar. ἐφέζεσθαι (dat.). Roost on a perch: Ar. ἐπὶ ξύλου καθεύδειν (Nub. 1431).
