ζωμήρυσις
From LSJ
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
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἀρύω A)
A soup-ladle, Antiph.249, Philem.Jun.1.6, Anaxipp.6.1, IG22.1416 (iv B.C.), Ath.3.126d, AP6.101 (Phil.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1143] ἡ, Schaumlöffel, τἉν λίπους ἀφρολόγον Philp. 13 (VI, 101); vgl. Ath. VII, 291 c.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ζωμήρῠσις: -εως, ἡ, (ἀρύω) «κουτάλα ζωμοῦ, «ἡ τοῦ λίπους ἀφρηλόγος» Ἀντιφ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 32, Φιλήμ. Νεώτ. Ἀποσπ. 1, Ἀνάξιππ. Κιθαρ. 1. Ἀθήν. 126D, πρβλ. Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 161. 3, Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 101.