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
hurl down: P. and V. καταβάλλειν, P. κατακρημνίζειν, V. καταρρίπτειν.
hurry on: P. and V. σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν.
hasty: of persons, P. προπετής, σφοδρός, ἀλόγιστος, Ar. and P. ἰταμός; of things, P. ἀπερίσκεπτος, ἄσκεπτος, ἀλόγιστος; see rash.