εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
mūcĕo: ui, 2, v. n. id.,
I to be mouldy, musty (ante-class.): vinum quod neque aceat, neque muceat, Cato, R. R. 148.
