trifurcus
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)
trĭfurcus: a, um, adj. ter-furca,
I having three forks, prongs, or points, threeforked, three-pronged: surculi, Col. 5, 11, 7: stirps, id. 5, 10, 7: semina, id. Arb. 20, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
trĭfurcus, a, um (tres, furca), qui a trois pointes : Col. Rust. 5, 10, 7 ; Arb. 20, 2.
