uncle

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

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. θεῖος, ὁ (Euripides, Orestes 674; Iphigenia in Tauris 930).

Also father's brother: P. πατράδελφος, ὁ.