πάροχος
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
English (LSJ)
(A), ὁ, (ὄχος)
A one who sits beside another in a chariot, Hsch., Suid.; esp. of the groomsman in wedding ceremonies, hence of Ἔρως, Ζηνὸς π. γάμων τῆς τε . . Ἥρας Ar.Av.1740 ; π. καὶ νυμφαγωγὸς συμπαρέστη Luc.Herod.5.
πάροχος (B), ὁ, (παρέχω)
A provider, c. gen., Porph.Abst.2.12 (pl.) : gloss on πρόξενος, Sch.Ar.Pl.182. II π., οἱ, in the Roman provinces, those who supplied public officers with necessaries, Hor.Sat.1.5.46, cf. IG5(1).209.30 (Sparta, i B.C.) : metaph., Cic.Att.13.2a.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 528] darreichend, gebend, bes. ὁ πάροχος, der auf dem Marsche den Kriegern das Nöthige giebt, der die Kosten wozu hergiebt, Sp. ὁ, der mit auf dem Wagen Sitzende, Mitfahrende, bes. der παράνυμφος, VLL. erkl. παράπομπος u. ä., Ar. Av. 1740 u. Sp., wie Luc.
