εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
P. and V. τάχος, τό, σπουδή, ἡ.
in haste: P. κατὰ σπουδήν; see hastily.
See hasten.