κηρογονία
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)
ἡ, formation of wax or combs, LXX 4 Ma.14.19.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1433] ἡ, Erzeugung, Bildung des Wachses, Ios.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κηρογονία: ἡ, ὁ σχηματισμὸς τοῦ κηροῦ ἢ τῆς κηρήθρας, Ἰωσήπ. Μακκ. 14.
Greek Monolingual
κηρογονία, ἡ (Α)
ο σχηματισμός κηρήθρας («μέλισσαι περὶ τὸν τῆς κηρογονίας καιρόν», ΠΔ).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κηρός + -γονία (< -γονώ < -γόνος < γόνος), πρβλ. θεο-γονία, κοσμογονία.
