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
χαλκήεις: εσσα, εν, ἐκ χαλκοῦ, χαλκοῦς, χερσὶν ἑλίσσειν τεύχεα χαλκήεντα Χριστοδ. Ἔκφρασις 58.
-εσσα, -εν, Α
χάλκινος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < χαλκός + κατάλ. -ήεις (πρβλ. τολμ-ήεις), βλ. και λ. -όεις].
