εἵαται
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)
εἵατο, Ep. 3pl. pres. and impf. of ἧμαι. II εἴατο, Med. form for ἦσαν (impf. of εἰμί sum), read by Aristarch. in Od.20.106. 2 εἵατο, 3pl. plpf. Med. of ἕννυμι.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εἵαται: εἵατο, Ἐπ. γ΄ πληθ. ἐνεστ. καὶ παρατ. τοῦ ἧμαι: - ἐν Ὀδ. Υ. 106 ὁ Ἀρίσταρχ. ἀνεγίνωσκεν εἴατο (ἤατο Monro), μέσ. τύπος ἀντὶ τοῦ ἦσαν (παρατ. τοῦ εἰμί).
French (Bailly abrégé)
3ᵉ pl. prés. épq. de ἧμαι.
English (Autenrieth)
see ἧμαι.
Spanish (DGE)
v. ἧμαι.
Greek Monotonic
εἵαται: εἵατο, Επικ. αντί ἧνται, ἦντο, γʹ πληθ. ενεστ. και παρατ. του ἧμαι.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
εἵᾰται: = ἕαται.
