exacerbo
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)
ex-ăcerbo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (not anteAug.).
I To exasperate, irritate, provoke, make angry; to grieve, afflict: ut recenti aliqua ira exacerbarentur animi, Liv. 2, 35 fin.; 46; 6, 18; 8, 33; Suet. Tib. 62; 75; Plin. Ep. 8, 5, 2; Vulg. Psa. 9, 24 al.—
II In jurid. Lat., to aggravate, increase a punishment: supplicia, Dig. 48, 19, 16 fin.; cf.: crimen verbis impiis, Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1; pass. impers.: crimine majestatis facto maxime exacerbatur in milites, ib. 48, 4, 7, § 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
exăcerbō,¹² āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 aigrir qqn, irriter : Liv. 2, 35, 8 || affecter douloureusement, chagriner : Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 5, 2
2 aggraver : Ps. Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1 ; Modest. Dig. 48, 4, 7.
