sprinkling
From LSJ
πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it
πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it
P. περίρρανσις, ἡ (Plato, Cratylus 405B).
sprinkling of rain: P. and V. ψακάς, ἡ (Xen., also Ar.); see drop.
vessel for sprinkling: V. ἀπορραντήριον, τό.
