περιέστην

From LSJ

εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

v. περιΐστημι.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

περιέστην: aor. 2 к περιΐστημι.