ἠλσάμην
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → 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
English (LSJ)
= ἠλασάμην, (ἐλαύνω) Ibyc.55; διηλσάμην is prob. l. in Semon.17.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἠλσάμην: ἀόρ. α΄ Σιμων. Ἰαμβ. 21 (ἔνθα ὁ Bgk. διηλσάμην) καὶ Ἴβυκ. 48· ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ χωρίῳ κοινῶς ἀναφέρεται εἰς τὸ εἴλω (πρβλ. τοὺς Ὁμ. τύπους ἔλσαν, ἔλσαι)· ἀλλὰ ἠλάσατο (ἐκ τοῦ ἐλαύνω), ἴδε Ἐτυμ. Μ. 428. 28.
