excusor
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
excūsor: ōris, m. excudo,
I a coppersmith, a smith, the Gr. χαλκευτής>, Quint. 2, 21, 10.
