wink
From LSJ
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. σκαρδαμύσσειν (Xenophon also Eur., Cyclops 626); see also, shut the eyes, under shut.
without winking: use adv. P. ἀσκαρδαμυκτί (Xen.), or adj., Ar. ἀσκαρδάμυκτος (Equites 292).
wink at, shut one's eyes to, met.: Ar. and P. περιορᾶν (acc.); see allow.
substantive
he doesn't see a wink of sleep the whole night: Ar. ὕπνου δ' ὁρᾷ τῆς νυκτὸς οὐδὲ πασπάλην (Vespae 91).
