στελεά
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
English (LSJ)
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A haft, shaft, [στυρακίου] Aen.Tact.18.10 (unless = socket); Ep. στελεή, τυπίδος A.R.4.957: also στειλειή, haft of an axe, Od.21.422, v.l.in Nic.Th.387. II metaph., στειλέαν,= τὴν μακρὰν ῥάφανον, Antiph. (Fr.121?) ap. Hsch. (cf. στελεός). (The statement of Hsch., EM726.52, Eust.1531.37, that στειλειή = hole in the axe-head, may be due to a misunderstanding of Od. l.c.) (With στελεά, στελεόν, στελεός, cf. OE. stela 'stem, stalk', Engl. (dial.) steal 'handle of a hammer, axe, rake, etc., shaft of an arrow or javelin'.)
