waste one's labor
From LSJ
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)
περιεργάζεσθαι, περισσὰ πράσσειν, περισσὰ δρᾶν
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