κωδύα
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)
ἡ,
A head, i.e. capsule, of the poppy, Thphr.HP9.12.4, Damocr. ap. Gal.13.40, Dsc.4.63 (v.l. -ίαις), 64, Sor.1.120 (τῇ διακωδίων cod.), Ruf.Ren.Ves.1.15; imitated as an ornament of ἧλοι, IG 22.1457.14, 1544.38, al.; head, i.e.fruit, of the Nile water-lily, Nymphaea stellata, Thphr.HP4.8.10; of the Egyptian bean, Nelumbium speciosum, ib.7. [κωδύᾱ acc. to Hdn.Gr.1.302, and so in Damocr. l.c., but κώδυα in Ar.Fr.117 ap.Harp.Epit., Phot., cf. sq.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 1541] ἡ, = κώδεια, Mohnkopf; auch von anderen Pflanzen, Theophr.; auch κώδυον, vgl. Lob. zu Phryn. p. 302.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κωδύα: ἡ, ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ Αἰγυπτιακοῦ κυάμου, Θεόφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 4. 8, 7, Γαλην.· ἐν χρήσει ὡς κόσμημα, Ἐπιγραφ. ἐν τῷ Michaëlis’ Parth.· ὡσαύτως κώδυον, τό, Θεόφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 6, 8, 1, Ἀθήν.· ἴδε Λοβ. Φρύν. 302.
Greek Monolingual
κωδύα, ἡ (Α)
η κάψα ορισμένων φυτών.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Παρλλ. τ. του κώδεια.
