periclymenos
From LSJ
εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pĕrī̆clymĕnos: or -us, i, m., = περικλύμενος, περικλύμενον,
I a climbing plant, the woodbine or honeysuckle, also called clymenus, Plin. 27, 12, 94, § 120.
Latin > German (Georges)
periclymenos, ī (περικλύμενος), f., eine rankende Pflanze, viell. = Geißblatt (Lonicera caprifolium, L.), Plin. 27, 120.
