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οὐκ ἂν λάβοις παρὰ τοῦ μὴ ἔχοντος → you can't take from one who doesn't have, you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip, you can't get blood out of a turnip, you can't get blood from a stone, you can't get blood out of a stone

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Transliteration A: katampéchō Transliteration B: katampechō Transliteration C: katampecho Beta Code: katampe/xw

English (LSJ)

and κατ-ίσχω,

   A encompass, εὔψυχον ἄνδρα κούφῃ καταμπίσχουσιν ἐν τύμβῳ Χθονί, i.e. bury him, E.Hel.853; μηκάδων μέλη, Χλόην καταμπέχοντα full of green herbs, i.e. either fed on grass or stuffed with herbs, Antiph.1; cover, τὰ κράνη -αμπέχοντες Plu.Crass. 11.