πολλαπλόος
From LSJ
εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
English (LSJ)
η, ον, contr. πολλα-πλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν,
A manifold, many times as long, βίος διπλοῦς καὶ π. Pl.Ti.75b; ὄνομα πολλαπλοῦν multi-compound, opp. ἁπλοῦν, διπλοῦν, Arist.Po.1457a35; π. ἡ ἐνέργεια Iamb. Comm. Math.8. II metaph., ἀνὴρ διπλοῦς, π., i.e. not simple and straightforward, Pl.R.397e.
