ιοβάφινος

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

Greek Monolingual

ἰοβάφινος, -ον (Μ)
ιοβαφής.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἴον + βάφ-ινος (< θ. βαφ- του βαφή + -ινος), πρβλ. ξύλ-ινος, πέτρινος.