polentarius
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 (Lewis & Short)
pŏlentārĭus: a, um, adj. polenta,
I of or belonging to pearl-barley: crepitus, caused by eating pearl-barley, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16: damnum, the loss of a mouthful of pearl-barley, App. M. 6, p. 181, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pŏlentārĭus,¹⁶ a, um, de polente : Pl. Curc. 295 ; Apul. M. 6, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
polentārius, a, um (polenta), zu den Gerstengraupen gehörig, Gerstengraupen-, crepitus, Furz, vom Genuß der Gerstengraupen, Plaut. Curc. 295 (wo pōl. gemessen ist): damnum, Einbuße eines Bissens von G., Apul. met. 6, 19.
Latin > Chinese
polentarius, a, um. adj. :: 大麥拌之麫者
