ιερακείον

From LSJ

εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor

Source

Greek Monolingual

ἱερακεῖον, τὸ (Α) ιέραξ
λειψανοθήκη γερακιού.