sprain
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
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
v. trans.
Dislocate: Ar. ἐκκοκκίζειν.
He has sprained his ankle: Ar. τὸ σφύρον ἐξεκόκκισε Ach. 1179).
Be sprained: P. διαστρέφεσθαι.
Have one's feet sprained: V. τοὺς πόδας σπασθῆναι (aor. pass. of σπᾶν) (Eur., Cycl. 638).
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