μελιτόομαι

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εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μελῐτόομαι: Παθ., ἀναμιγνύομαι μὲ μέλι, γλυκαίνομαι, μήκων μεμελιτωμένη, μέλιτι μεμιγμένη, Θουκ. 4. 26, ἔνθα ἴδε Σχολιαστ. καὶ ἄλλους ἑρμηνευτάς, πρβλ. καὶ Διοσκ. 4, 65. ΙΙ. πληροῦμαι μέλιτος, ἀγγεῖον μεμελιτωμένον, πλῆρες μέλιτος, Πλούτ. 2. 628C.