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
μηλοβότας 1 shepherd μισθὸς γὰρ ἄλλοις ἄλλος ἐπ' ἔργμασιν ἀνθρώποις γλυκύς, μηλοβότᾳ τ ἀρότᾳ τ ὀρνιχολόχῳ (I. 1.48)
μηλοβότᾱς: ου ὁ дор. = μηλοβότης.