μελεδήμων
From LSJ
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → 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
English (LSJ)
ον, gen. ονος,
A careful, c. gen., ἔργων Emp.112.2; μ. κερκίδα πέπλων AP 6.39 (Arch.); δόμων φυλακὰν μ. ib.7.425 (Antip. Sid.).