φυλλομανέω
From LSJ
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)
A run to leaf, without seeding, Thphr.HP8.7.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1315] wild ins Laub treiben, ohne Früchte anzusetzen, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φυλλομᾰνέω: κάμνω πολλὰ φύλλα χωρὶς νὰ καρποφορῶ, Θεοφρ. περὶ Φυτ. Ἱστ. 8. 7, 4· ἐκ τοῦ φυλλομᾰνής, ές, ὁ ἔχων ὑπερβαλλόντως πολλὰ φύλλα, Σχόλ. εἰς Σοφ. Αἴ. 143, Ἐτυμ. Μέγ. 474, 51· πρβλ. ὑλομανής, -μανέω.
