behove

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

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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v.

it behoves: P. and V. πρέπει (acc. and infin. or dat. and infin.), προσήκει (acc. and infin. or dat. and infin.), θέμις εστί (dat. and infin.), πρέπον ἐστί (acc. and infin. or dat. and infin.).