ἐξακανθίζω

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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

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Full diacritics: ἐξᾰκανθίζω Medium diacritics: ἐξακανθίζω Low diacritics: εξακανθίζω Capitals: ΕΞΑΚΑΝΘΙΖΩ
Transliteration A: exakanthízō Transliteration B: exakanthizō Transliteration C: eksakanthizo Beta Code: e)cakanqi/zw

English (LSJ)

   A pick out thorns: metaph., 'pick holes in', Cic.Att. 6.6.1.

German (Pape)

[Seite 865] entdornen. Dornen ausreißen, Theophr.; bei Cic. Att. 6, 6 = ausgrübeln.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐξᾰκανθίζω: ἐξάγω τὰς ἀκάνθας, μεταφ. ἐν Κικ. π. Ἀττ. 6. 6, 1.