meridio
From LSJ
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕrīdĭo: 1, v. n., and mĕrīdĭor, 1, v. dep. meridies,
I to take a mid-day nap or siesta: jube, ad te veniam meridiatum, Cat. 32, 3: meridiari ante cibum, Cels. 1, 2: dum ea meridiaret, Suet. Calig. 38: inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt, i. e. have taken their ease, Vulg. Job, 24, 11.
