trim
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. κόσμιος, εὔκοσμος, κομψός.
in trim, ready: P. and V. ἕτοιμος, εὐτρεπής.
verb intransitive
adorn: P. and V. κοσμεῖν; see adorn.
variegate: P. and V. ποικίλλειν.
keep upright: P. and V. ὀρθοῦν.
for the sake of trimming the balance that he might not strengthen either party by throwing his weight into the scale: P. ἀνισώσεως ἕνεκα ὅπως μηδετέρους προσθέμενος ἰσχυροτέρους ποιήσῃ (Thuc. 8, 87).
trim a lamp: Ar. λύχνον προβύειν (Vespae 249).
Absol., shift from one party to another: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν, αὐτομολεῖν.
