διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit
poor, mean: P. and V. φαῦλος, εὐτελής, ἀνάξιος, P. οὐδένος ἄξιος.
base: P. and V. αἰσχρός.
