ἄσκυλος

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

Spanish (DGE)

(ἄσκῠλος) -ον
que no causa daño δρεπάνην καυλῶν ἄσκυλον ἐκτομίδα una hoz cortante, que no daña los tallos, AP 6.21.2.

German (Pape)

δρεπάνην, steht Ep.adesp. 176 (VI.21) in den mss., von ungewisser Bdtg, meist in ἄγκυλον verändert.