Wednesday, January 4, 2023

January 4th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "ab asino lanam"

 January 4th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "ab asino lanam"


[quaeris] "ab asino lanam"

[you seek] "wool from a donkey," i.e. an equivalent expression to English "blood from a stone," meaning to attempt to obtain what is impossible.


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