βοθρεύω

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

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Full diacritics: βοθρεύω	Medium diacritics: βοθρεύω	Low diacritics: βοθρεύω	Capitals: ΒΟΘΡΕΥΩ
Transliteration A: bothreúō	Transliteration B: bothreuō	Transliteration C: vothreyo	Beta Code: boqreu/w

English (LSJ)

A dig a trench or pit, Gp.9.6.2:—also βοθρ-έω, Nonn.D.47.69, and βοθρ-ίζω, Heliod. ap. Orib.46.22.16.

[Seite 452] eine Grube graben, Sp.

βοθρεύω: σκάπτω βόθρον, λάκκον, Γεωπ. 9. 6, 2 · βοθρέω, Νόνν. Δ. 47. 69.

cavar un hoyopara plantar un olivo Gp.9.6.2.