στέφος
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)
εος, τό, (στέφω) poet. for στέφανος,
A crown, wreath, garland, Emp.112.6, Simon.158, E.IA1512 (lyr.), etc.: pl. στέφη,= στέμματα, A.Ag.1265, Th.101 (lyr.), S.OT913: also in late Prose, Gal.18(1).786, Vett.Val.248.28; τὸ σ. τῶν φιλοσόφων, sc. Zosimus, Olymp. Alch. p.83 B. 2 of libations, A.Ch.95; cf. στέφω 11.3.
