λειριόεις

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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

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Transliteration A: leirióeis Transliteration B: leirioeis Transliteration C: leirioeis Beta Code: leirio/eis

English (LSJ)

εσσα, εν, prop.

   A like a lily, but in Hom. only metaph., χρόα λειριόεντα lily skin, Il.13.830; of the cicadae, ὄπα λειριόεσσαν their delicate voice, 3.152; of the Muses' voice, Hes.Th.41; Ἑσπερίδες Q.S.2.418.    2 of the lily, κάρη Nic.Al.406.