vainglory
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. μεγαλαυχία, ἡ, ὑπερηφανία, ἡ, τὸ κομπῶδες, V. τὸ γαῦρον, P. and V. ὄγκος, ὁ; see vanity.
