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
Ar. and V. ὄρνις, ὁ, Ar. and P. ἀλεκτρυών, ὁ, V. ἀλέκτωρ, ὁ.
prick up: V. ὀρθὸν ἱστάναι (acc.).