carduus
From LSJ
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
carduus cardui N M :: thistle; prickly bur/seed-vessel; cardoon (artichoke-like vegetable)
Latin > German (Georges)
carduus, ī, m., die Distel, die wilde, die Kardendistel, Lucil. fr., Verg., Plin. u.a.: agrestis, Col.: die eßbare, die Artischocke, sonst cinara gen., Col. u.a. – / Nbf. carduus, ūs, m., Charis. 75, 2: synkop. Nomin. Plur. cardus, Edict. Diocl. 6, 1: synkop. Akk. Plur. cardus, Capit. Pertin. 12, 2 P. (Jordan cardos).
