μεταφυτεία

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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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Transliteration A: metaphyteía Transliteration B: metaphyteia Transliteration C: metafyteia Beta Code: metafutei/a

English (LSJ)

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   A transplanting, Thphr.HP2.6.3, 7.5.3.    2 perh., substitution of a different form of cultivation, Ostr.Bodl.i 89 (ii B. C.).