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
dēversus: i. e. deorsum versus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 1 Müll.
dēversus, a, um, part. p. de deverto.
dēversus (adv.) dicebant deorsum versus, Paul. ex Fest. 71, 1.