Fruited in vain [1].
Homer [writes]: "and the fruit-less willows".[2]
Also in the Epigrams [there is the word] Clod-crushing: "and a clod-crushing hammer".[3] [Namely] the one which has broken up the clods.
[1] This entry's headword is in LSJ, while the definition offered by the Suda is not.
[2]
Homer,
Odyssey 10.510. Cf.
Theophrastus, HP 3.13, with reference to "fruitless drums", since those who beat the drums were eunuchs.
[3] Greek Anthology 6.104.1-2; cf. 6.297.3-4, at
alpha 3945.
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