Delium

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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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Dēlĭum: ĭi, n., Δήλιον,
I a small place in Boeotia, with a temple of Apollo, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; Liv. 35, 50 sq.