καθαρτήριος
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)
ον,
A purificatory, θυσίαι D.H.9.40; τὰ κ. Poll.1.32. II -τήριον (sc. φάρμακον), τό, drug which effects κάθαρσις, λοχείων, ἐπιμηνίων, Hp.Mul.1.78; purgative, Aret.CA1.4, Gal.11.354; κ. κατωτερικόν Aet.16.52.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1282] ον, reinigend, sühnend; θυσίαι, Reinigungsopfer, D. Hal. 9, 40, die auch τὰ καθαρτήρια heißen, Poll. 1, 32.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κᾰθαρτήριος: -ον, ἀνήκων εἰς καθαρμόν, θυσίαι Διον. Ἀλ. 9. 40· τὰ καθαρτήρια Πολυδ. Α΄, 32.
