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
Ausgangspunkt, initium (Anfang, Ggstz. exitus, finis). – caput (das Haupt = der Ursitz, z. B. ad caput maleficii pervenire). – der Au. u. Herd des Kriegs, origo fonsque belli.
