εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Full diacritics: διασιλλαίνω | Medium diacritics: διασιλλαίνω | Low diacritics: διασιλλαίνω | Capitals: ΔΙΑΣΙΛΛΑΙΝΩ |
Transliteration A: diasillaínō | Transliteration B: diasillainō | Transliteration C: diasillaino | Beta Code: diasillai/nw |
A mock, jeer at, c. acc., Luc.Lex.24; πράγματα καὶ δόγματα Iamb.Protr.21.λά; τινὰ ἐπί τινι Alciphr.3.62.