suet

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

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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subs.

P. στέαρ, τό (Xen.).