Anhaltspunkt

From LSJ

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

Source

German > Latin

Anhaltspunkt, ansa (gleichs. Handhabe, an die man etwas anknüpft). – id, quod sequor od. sequi possim (das, woran ich mich halten kann).