ἀκαριαῖος
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)
α, ον, (ἀκαρής)
A momentary, brief, πλοῦς D.56.30, cf. Arist. HA590a3, Phld.Ir.p.80 W., etc.; τὸ ἀ. S.E.P.3.79; of a locus, ἀ. τόπος Aristox.Harm.p.55 M. Adv. -ως Alciphr.1.39 (cj).
German (Pape)
[Seite 68] klein, kurz, πλοῦς Dem. 56, 30; Arist. H. A. 8, 2; χρόνος οὐδ. ἀκ. D. Hal. 8, 70; Luc. öfter.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκαριαῖος: -α, -ον, (ἀκαρὴς) = στιγμιαῖος, βραχύς, πλοῦς, Δημ. 1292. 2· πρβλ. Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 8. 2· 11, Διον. Ἁλ. 8. 70. - Ἐπίρρ. -ως, Ἀλκίφρ. 1. 39 (Meineke).
French (Bailly abrégé)
α, ον :
très petit.
Étymologie: ἀ, κείρω.
Spanish (DGE)
-α, -ον
1 corto, breve, pequeñísimo φλόξ Arist.HA 590a3, τόπος Aristox.Harm.68.12, τὸ ἀκαιριαῖον ζῆν LXX 2Ma.6.25, βιοῦσι μὲν ἀκαριαῖόν τι μέρος τοῦ παντὸς αἰῶνος D.S.1.2, cf. Phld.Ir.40.2, Luc.Herm.6
•subst. τὸ ἀ. instante, breve instante M.Ant.3.10, S.E.P.3.79.
2 adv. -ως en un instante ὁ αἰὼν ... τὸ μέλλον καὶ τὸ ἐνεστός ... καὶ τὸ παρῳχηκὸς ἀ. συνίστησι Clem.Al.Strom.1.13.57, cf. Origenes Fr.88 in Io.12.27, Basil.Hex.2.7, Io.Caes.5.1.186, 5.2.362.
• Etimología: Cf. ἀκαρής.
Greek Monolingual
-αία, -αίο (-ος, -α, -ον) (Α ἀκαριαῑος) ἀκαρής
αυτός που συμβαίνει μέσα σε ελάχιστο χρόνο, ο στιγμιαίος.
