annisus

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

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

annīsus: (adn-), a, um, Part. of annitor
annīsus: (adn-), ūs, m. annitor,
I a striving, exertion: ut alieno adjuventur adnisu, Symm. Ep. 5, 74.

Latin > German (Georges)

annīsus (adnīsus), Abl. ū, m. (annitor), das Bemühen, Symm. ep. 5, 74.