ductim
From LSJ
εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ductim: adv. id.,
I by drawing (very rare): major pars operis in vinea ductim, potius quam caesim faciendaest (for which, shortly after: ductu falcis, non ictu), Col. 4, 25, 2: invergere in me liquores, in good draughts, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 13 (cf.: pocula duces Lesbii, Hor. C. 1, 17, 21).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ductim¹⁶ (duco), en conduisant : ductim potius quam cæsim Col. Rust. 4, 25, 2, en conduisant [les rameaux de la vigne] plutôt qu’en coupant
