προθύτης

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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: prothýtēs Transliteration B: prothytēs Transliteration C: prothytis Beta Code: proqu/ths

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], ου, Aeol. προθύτας, ὁ,

   A one who offers προθύματα, τῶν τᾶς πόλιος εἱρῶν IG 12(2).484.25 (Hiera); of the priest of a θίασος, BCH24.386 (Bithynia, iii A.D.).