ἐξυδατόω
From LSJ
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
English (LSJ)
A make into water or make watery, τὸ ἁλμυρόν Hp.Fist.7; ὥσπερ ἐ. τὰς ὀσμάς Thphr.Od.66; τὸ γάλα Sor.1.93:—Pass., Corn.ND17, Archig. ap. Orib.44.26.6, etc.; become dropsical, Hp.Epid.4.49.
German (Pape)
[Seite 889] dasselbe, Hippocr. u. Sp.