εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
tăta: ae, m. Gr. τέττα;> Sanscr. tātas, = papa.
I A name by which young children, speaking imperfectly, call their father, as with us, dad, daddy, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 5; Inscr. Orell. 2813 sq.; 4943.—
II A bringer up, rearer, analog. to mamma, Mart. 1, 101, 1.