εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Full diacritics: κῠνόπρηστις | Medium diacritics: κυνόπρηστις | Low diacritics: κυνόπρηστις | Capitals: ΚΥΝΟΠΡΗΣΤΙΣ |
Transliteration A: kynóprēstis | Transliteration B: kynoprēstis | Transliteration C: kynopristis | Beta Code: kuno/prhstis |
(-πρῖστις cod.), ιδος, ἡ, (πρήθω) a venomous insect,
A whose sting makes dogs swell up and die, Hsch.; cf. βούπρηστις.