εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
adj.
Cowardly: P. and V. δειλός, ἄτολμος, V. ἄψυχος; see cowardly. Afraid, fearful: P. περιδεής, περίφοβος, φοβερός. Vigorous: P. and V. ἰσχυρός. Make (one) nervous: P. ἔκπληξιν παρέχειν τινί.
