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
[Seite 464] ιδος, ἡ, Bacchantin, Opp. C. 4, 300; adj., πῖδαξ ibd. 340.