εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Dēlĭum: ĭi, n., Δήλιον,I a small place in Boeotia, with a temple of Apollo, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; Liv. 35, 50 sq.