incerno
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)
in-cerno: ĕre, v. a.,
I to sift upon a thing, to cover or bestrew with sifting; to sift, scatter with a sieve: terram cribro, Cato, R. R. 48, 2; Col. 5, 6, 6: super fricaturam incernatur marmor, Vitr. 7, 1: incretum ( = per incerniculum sive cribrum inspersum), sifted in, Hor. S. 2, 4, 75 Orell. (but in Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 87, the correct read. is redimitum; v. Sillig. ad h. l.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
incernō,¹⁴ crēvī, crētum, ĕre, tr., tamiser, passer au crible : Cato Agr. 48, 2 ; Col. Rust. 5, 6, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
in-cerno, crēvī, crētum, ere, einsieben, daran- od. darübersieben, mit dem Sieb bestreuen, eo terram cribro, Cato.: liba farris semine, Varro fr.: super fricaturam marmor, Vitr.: piper album cum sale nigro incretum, Hor.
Latin > Chinese
incerno, is, crevi, cretum, ere. 3. :: 篩
