hysginum
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
Latin > English
hysginum hysgini N N :: dark-red dye (Pliny)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hysgĭnum: i, n., = ὕσγινον,
I the darkred color obtained from the plant ὕσγη, Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140; 21, 26, 97, § 170; Vitr. 7, 14; Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hysgĭnum, ī, n. (ὕσγινον), hysgyne, teinture violette : Plin. 9, 140.
Latin > German (Georges)
hysgīnum, ī, n. (ὕσγινον, τό, v. einem Strauche ὑσγή, wahrsch. der galatische Name für πρινος, die Kermeseiche), eine dunkelrote Farbe, die zwischen Scharlach u. Purpur das Mittel hielt, Karmesin, Vitr. 7, 14, 1. Plin. 9, 140; 21, 62 u. 170. Paul. dig. 32, 1, 78. § 5.
Latin > Chinese
hysginum, i. n. :: 大紅色草
