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
loslassen, s. fahren lassen, losgeben: von der Kette l., s. losketten. – von etwas l., solvere alqā re: losgelassen sein (v. Volke), velut vinculis od. frenis exsolutum esse: den Hund auf jmd. l., canem immittere in alqm.