εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
castĭfĭcus: a, um castus-facio. *
I Purifying: lavacrum = baptisma, Paul. Nol. Carm. 25, 188.—*
II Pure: mens, Sen. Hippol. 169.
castĭfĭcus,¹⁶ a, um (castus, facio), qui purifie : lavacrum castificum P. Nol. Carm. 25, 188, le baptême