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
con-flexus: a, um, Part. flecto,
I bowed, bent, Plin. 2, 44, 44, § 115.
cōnflexus, a, um (inus. conflecto ), recourbé : Plin. 2, 115.
cōnflexus, a, um (flecto), zusammengebogen, gekrümmt, Plin. 2, 115.