πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
ἀγιστής: «ὑβριστής», Ἡσύχ.
ὑβριστής Hsch., cf. ἁγίτης.
