Ἀλεξανδρινός
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
Spanish (DGE)
-ή, -όν
• Grafía: graf. -δρεινός Plb.34.8.7 (-δρινός cód.), -δρηνός Plb.34.8.7 (cód.), -δρῖνος Act.Ap.27.6, St.Byz.s.u. Ἀλεξάνδρειαι
1 alejandrino πλοῖον Act.Ap.l.c.
•frec. de monedas μναῖ Hermipp.Hist.69, ὀβολοί Plb.l.c., τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ἀ. D.L.7.18.
2 alejandrino, ét. de Alejandría παρατίθησι ... τὴν Ἀλεξανδρινὴν Ἑστιαίαν μάρτυρα Demetrius Scepsius en Str.13.1.36, St.Byz.l.c.
English (Thayer)
(cf. Tdf.'s note on G L Tr Cobet, others (δρῖνος; Chandler § 397 note), (ή, Alexandrian: Polybius 34,8, 7.))
