ὀνεύω
From LSJ
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
English (LSJ)
A draw up with a windlass (ὄνος VII. 1), impf. ὤνευον Th.7.25 : generally, haul up, τὸν πέπλον . . ἕλκουσ' ὀνεύοντες Stratt.30 :—Med., -εσθαι· τείνειν, Erot., Gal.19.126 (v.l. in Hp.Fract.15).
