ἐνδιπλόω
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
English (LSJ)
A fold in two, Gal.UP14.6,7.12 (Pass.), Sor.1.14; fold in at the edge, Paul.Aeg.6.65:—hence ἐνδίπλ-ωμα, ατος, τό, and ἐνδίπλ-ωσις, εως, ἡ, folding, Gal.11.508.
German (Pape)
[Seite 834] darin verdoppeln, Galen.
Spanish (DGE)
1 tr., medic. plegar, hacer un pliegue o doblez la piel arrugada κατὰ τὰς ῥυτίδας ἐνδιπλοῦσα τὸ δέρμα Gal.9.232, cf. Antyll. en Orib.45.2.3, Orib.50.49.1, Paul.Aeg.6.65.2, τὰ δὲ τῶν ἀνδρῶν (μόρια) ... ἐνδιπλώσας ἔσω Gal.4.159, en v. pas. ὅσα μὲν παρὰ φύσιν ἐνδεδίπλωται Gal.18(2).789.
2 en v. med. plegarse, hacerse un doblez στολίδας ... δύο ... <χει>λοειδῶς ἐνδεδιπλωμένας ref. a un útero, Sor.1.4.119, cf. 4.6.52, ἡ τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία Gal.3.559, ἡ σκληρὰ μῆνιγξ Gal.3.637.