scalprum
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scalprum: i, n. (collat. form scalper, ri, m., Cels. 8, 3) scalpo,
I a sharp cutting instrument; a chisel, knife, etc., of sculptors, husbandmen, shoemakers, surgeons, etc., Liv. 27, 49; Col. 4, 25, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 106; Cels. 8, 3 sq.; Sen. Ep. 65, 13.—A penknife, Tac. A. 5, 8; Suet. Vit. 2.—Of a pruning-knife, Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 119.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
scalprum,¹⁴ ī, n. (scalpo), outil tranchant : Hor. S. 2, 3, 106, tranchet || Liv. 27, 49, 1, burin, ciseau || Cato Agr. 42 ; Col. Rust. 4, 25, 1 ; Plin. 17, 119, serpette || Cels. Med. 8, 3, lancette, bistouri, scalpel || Tac. Ann. 5, 8 ; Suet. Vitell. 2, canif. scalprus, m., Isid. Orig. 19, 19, 13.
Latin > German (Georges)
scalprum, ī, n. u. (bei Celsus) scalper, prī, m. (scalpo), ein scharfes Schneideinstrument, a) die Schusterahle, der Kneif, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 106: scalprum anglatum (= angulatum), Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 1712. – b) der Grabstichel, Meißel, Sen. ep. 65, 13 (neben lima): fabrile (wie ihn die Handwerker brauchen), Liv. 27, 49, 1 u. Oros. 4, 18, 2 (Zimmermannsmeißel). – bes. als chirurg. Instrum., ferale scalprum (Lanzette zum Aderlassen), Lampr.: si nigrities (subest), angulo scalpri (mit der Ecke des M.) sinus exiguus fit, Cels.: tum excisorius scalper (Schneidemeißel) ab altero foramine ad alterum malleolo adactus id quod inter utrumque medium est excīdit, Cels.: satis est id quod eminet plano scalpro excīdere, Cels.: ad manum scalprumque veniendum est, Cels. – c) das Federmesser, Tac. ann. 5, 8. Suet. Vit. 2, 3 (wo vollst. sc. librarium). – d) das Gartenmesser, Winzermesser (falx, falx vinitoria), Plin. 17, 119 (b. Colum. 4, 25, 1 vom vordersten Teile des Winzermessers, die vordere gerade Schneide). – / Vulg. Nbf. scalprus, ī, m., Isid. orig. 19, 19, 13.
