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πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς → you're mixing the sauce before catching the fish | don't count your chickens before they are hatched | don't count your chickens before they hatch | first catch your hare | first catch your rabbit | first catch your rabbit and then make your stew | first catch your hare, then cook it | first catch your hare, then cook him
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Revision as of 19:44, 29 November 2022
Latin > English
praeseco praesecare, praesecui, praesectus V :: cut in front, cut
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-sĕco: cŭi, ctum, or cātum, 1, v. a.,
I to cut off before or in front, to cut off or out (not in Cic.).
I Lit.: pars cultello praesecatur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 34: brassica ut praesica, quod ex ejus scapo minutatim praesecatur, id. L. L. 5, § 104 Müll.: partem, Ov. R. Am. 112: projecturas tignorum, Vitr. 4, 2: lineam, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 13: praesecta vitis, id. 17, 15, 25, § 115: praesecata gula, App. M. 1, p. 108, 15.—
II Trop.: praesectum decies non castigavit ad unguem, has not corrected by the pared nail, i. e. to perfect accuracy, Hor. A. P. 294 Bentl. and Haupt (but the better reading is perfectum).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præsĕcō,¹⁴ ŭī, secātum et sectum, āre, tr., couper par le bout], rogner : Varro R. 3, 16, 34 ; Ov. Rem. 112 ; Hor. P. 294.
Latin > German (Georges)
prae-seco, secuī, secātum u. sectum, āre, vorn abschneiden, crines, Caes.: aures, Liv. epit.: eam partem, Ov.: proiecturas tignorum, Vitr.: sibi gulam, Sen.: impetu teli praesecatā gulā, Apul.: si qua pars (favorum) nihil habet, cultello praesecatur, Varro r. r. 3, 16, 34. – bildl., carmen reprehendite, quod... praesectum deciens non castigavit ad unguem (ganz genau), Hor. de art. poët. 294 ed. Haupt (al. perfectum). – / Nbf. praesico, Varro LL. 5, 104.
