ελαφρύνω

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

Source

Greek Monolingual

(AM ἐλαφρύνω)
1. κάνω κάτι ελαφρό, αλαφραίνω
2. καθιστώ ευκολότερο κάτι
μσν.- νεοελλ.
ανακουφίζω κάποιον από θλίψη, κόπους, δαπάνες.