εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Mā̆crīnus: i, m.,
I the name of a man.
I A friend of the poet Persius, Pers. 2, 1.—
II A Roman emperor, Aus. Caes. 23.