ens
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
ens entis N N :: being; something having esse/existence; (basic concept of St. Thomas Aquinas)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ens: entis, n. sum,
I a thing; formed, like essentia, after the Gr. οὐσία, by Flavius (or Fabianus), acc. to Quint. 8, 3, 33 Spald. N. cr., but first used by Caesar, acc. to Prisc. 18, 8, 75: entia (= τὰὄντα), Quint. 2, 14, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēns, entis, part. de sum : Cæs. d. Prisc. Gramm. 18, 75 || entia pl. n. = τὰ ὄντα : Quint. 2, 14, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
ēns, entis, n., das Ding (griech. το ον), Quint. 8, 3, 33. Boëth. in Porphyr. 3. p. 108 M. Prisc. 18, 75 (nach dem Cäsar das Wort zuerst gebraucht haben soll): Plur. entia (griech. τὰ οντα), Quint. 2, 14, 2.
