melancholia
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)
mĕlanchŏlĭa: ae, f., = μελαγχολία,
I melancholy, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 12, 108.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mĕlanchŏlĭa, æ, f. (μελαγχολία), humeur noire, atrabile : Isid. Orig. 4, 5, 5 ; C. Aur. Acut. 2, 12, 108.
Latin > German (Georges)
melancholia, ae, f. (μελαγχολία), die Schwermut, Eccl. u. Gloss.
