ἀποξυστρόω
From LSJ
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
German (Pape)
[Seite 318] abreiben, abstumpfen, Pol. 2, 3, 3.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀποξυστρόω: притуплять или зазубривать словно скребницу (αἱ μάχαιραι ἀποξυστροῦνται Polyb.).
