Macrinus

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εἰς τὸν 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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.