χθιζός
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
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (χθές)
A of yesterday, τὸ χ. χρεῖος their yesterday's debt, Il.13.745; ὁ χ. πόνος yesterday's labour, Hdt.1.126; ἡ χ. μέθη Plu.2.13e; αἱ χ. ἀβελτερίαι ib.75e, cf. Sor.1.40, etc.: freq. in adverb. sense, with Verbs, χθιζὸς ἔβη he went yesterday, Il.1.424; χ. ἤλυθες Od. 2.262; χ. ἐεικοστῷ φύγον ἤματι 6.170; ὅσσα . . χ. ὑπέσχετο Il.19.141; χ. ἐμυθεόμην Od.12.451; ἴδον Μέντορα χ. 4.656; αἲ γάρ . . τοῖος ἐών τοι χ. . . ἐφεστάμεναι would I had stood by thee yesterday! 24.379: neut. χθιζόν as Adv., = χθές, Il.19.195; neut. pl. χθιζά, v. πρωιζός.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1354] ion. u. poet. statt χθεσινός (vgl. Lob. Phryn. 323), gestrig, am gestrigen Tage; ὁ χθ. πόνος Her. 1, 126; gew. die Stelle des adv. vertretend, χθιζὸς ἔβη, er ging gestern, Il. 1, 424; ὃ χθιζὸς θεὸς ἤλυθες Od. 2, 262; χθιζὸς ἐεικοστῷ φύγον ἤματι οἴνοπα πόντον 6, 170; öfters eben so auch χθιζόν, Il. 19, 195 Od. 4, 656; τὸ χθιζόν Il. 13, 745; χθιζά, in der Vrbdg χθιζά τε καὶ πρώϊζα, gestern und vorgestern, d. i. jüngst, nur eben erst, wie χθὲς καὶ πρώην, 2, 303; vgl. Plat. Alc. II, 141 d.
