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
lĭnostrŏphon: i, n., = λινόστροφον,
I a plant, called also marrubium, Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 241.
