silt up
From LSJ
μὴ ἐν πολλοῖς ὀλίγα λέγε, ἀλλ΄ ἐν ὀλίγοις πολλά → don't say little in many words, but much in a few words (Stobaeus quoting Pythagoras)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
Met., P. καταχωννύναι.
the river is always silting up: P. ὁ ποταμὸς προσχοῖ ἀεί (Thuc. 2, 102).
