μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
ἐλάαν: Ἐπ. ἀπαρ. τοῦ ἐνεστ. τοῦ ἐλάω, ἐλαύνω, Ὁμ.˙ ἀλλὰ τοῦ μέλλοντος ἐν Ἰλ. Ρ. 496, πρβλ. καὶ Κόντον ἐν Ἀθηνᾶς τ. Α΄, σ. 559.
