ἀνάψησις

εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain

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Full diacritics: ἀνάψησις	Medium diacritics: ἀνάψησις	Low diacritics: ανάψησις	Capitals: ΑΝΑΨΗΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: anápsēsis	Transliteration B: anapsēsis	Transliteration C: anapsisis	Beta Code: a)na/yhsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, A cleaning out, φρέατος PLond.3.1177.329 (ii A.D.).

-εως, ἡ
limpieza, dragado de un pozo PLond.1177.320 (II d.C.).