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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: márgos Transliteration B: margos Transliteration C: margos Beta Code: ma/rgos

English (LSJ)

η, ον, also ος, ον (A.Eu.67, Pl.Lg.792e):—poet. Adj. (used once by Pl.),

   A mad, μάργε madman! Od.16.421; μαῖα φίλη, μάργην σε θεοὶ θέσαν 23.11, cf. Pi.O.2.96, etc.; θυμὸς μ. Thgn.1301; λύσσης πνεύματι μάργῳ A.Pr.884 (anap.); τάσδε τὰς μάργους, of the Furies, Id.Eu.l.c.; μάργοι ἡδοναί Pl.l.c.; of horses, rampant, furious, μάργων ἐπιβήτορες ἵππων Hom.Epigr.4.4, cf.A.Th.475; of wine, οἶνος δέ οἱ ἔπλετο μάργος Hes.Fr.121.    2 of appetite, greedy, gluttonous, μετὰ δ' ἔπρεπε γαστέρι μάργῃ Od.18.2; τὸ μ. σῆς γνάθου E.Cyc.310: metaph., οἴδματι μάργῳ Emp.100.7; μάργοις φλὸξ ἐδαίνυτο γνάθοις Phryn.Trag.5.4.    3 lewd, lustful, Thgn.581, A.Supp.741, E.El.1027, etc.