perspicientia

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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

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

perspĭcĭentĭa: ae, f. id.,
I a full perception or knowledge of a thing: veri, Cic. Off. 1, 5, 15.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

perspĭcĭentĭa,¹⁶ æ, f. (perspicio), vue claire [fig.], parfaite connaissance : Cic. Off. 1, 15.