α2749Ἀντλεῖν ἀμφοτέραις
to draw [water] with both
It leaves out "hands". A proverb in reference to those doing something with eagerness. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)ntlh/sate u(/dwr ["draw water"]; [sc. the verb there is used] with an accusative. "I am drawing…
Ἀντλεῖν ἀμφοτέραις· λείπει χερσί. παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν σπουδῇ τι ποιούντων. καὶ Ἀντλήσατε ὕδωρ· αἰτιατικῇ. ἀντλῶ σοι δὲ ὕδωρ.
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