σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
v. trans.
Open: P. and V. ἀνοιγνύναι, ἀνοίγειν; see open.
Loose: P. and V. λύειν.
