νεκροθήκη

εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain

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Full diacritics: νεκροθήκη	Medium diacritics: νεκροθήκη	Low diacritics: νεκροθήκη	Capitals: ΝΕΚΡΟΘΗΚΗ
Transliteration A: nekrothḗkē	Transliteration B: nekrothēkē	Transliteration C: nekrothiki	Beta Code: nekroqh/kh

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

A coffin or urn, E.Fr.472.17 (anap.); place for a coffin or urn, prob. in Rev.Bibl.39.532 (pl., Palmyra, ii A.D.).

[Seite 237] ἡ, Todtenbehältniß, Sarg, Urne, Eur. bei Porphyr. de abstin. 4, 19.