εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
absumptĭo: ōnis, f. absumo,
I a consuming, Dig. 7, 5, 5.
absūmptĭō, ōnis, f., consommation : Dig. 7, 5, 5
