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
| Full diacritics: ὀρνῑθομαντεία | Medium diacritics: ὀρνιθομαντεία | Low diacritics: ορνιθομαντεία | Capitals: ΟΡΝΙΘΟΜΑΝΤΕΙΑ |
| Transliteration A: ornithomanteía | Transliteration B: ornithomanteia | Transliteration C: ornithomanteia | Beta Code: o)rniqomantei/a |
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A divination from birds, Procl.ad Hes.Op.824.
ὀρνῑθομαντεία: ἡ, ἡ διὰ τῶν πτηνῶν μαντεία, Πρόκλ. εἰς Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 824· - ἀλλὰ ὀρνιθομαντεῖον, τό, εἶναι ἐσφ. γραφὴ ἐν Εὐσ. Εὐαγγ. Προπαρ. 219C ἀντὶ κριθομαντεῖον, ὅπερ διετηρήθη ἔν τισι τῶν Ἀντιγράφων.
