πορφυρόρπηξ
From LSJ
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
Greek Monolingual
-ηκος, ὁ, Μ
πορφυρογέννητος, βασιλικό βλαστάρι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πορφύρα + ὄρπηξ «βλαστάρι»].
