Latin and Greek phrases
Definition of: aplestos pithos
aplestos pithos (Greek): A cask that will never fill; an endless job. (The allusion is to the Danaides, who, for the murder of their husbands, were condemned to draw water in sieves.)
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| Latin and Greek phrasesDefinition of: aplestos pithosaplestos pithos (Greek): A cask that will never fill; an endless job. (The allusion is to the Danaides, who, for the murder of their husbands, were condemned to draw water in sieves.)
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