superenato

μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭpĕr-ēnăto: āre, v. a.,
I to swim over: amnem, Luc. 4, 133 Cort.: fluctus omnes, Alcim. Diluv. 4, 240.