scutella
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
Latin > English
scutella scutellae N F :: saucer, small shallow/flat dish/pan; dish used as stand for othr vessels
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scŭtella: (scutella, Ven. Carm. 11, 10, 7), ae, f.
dim. scutra; cf. 1. scutula,
I a salver or waiter, of a nearly square form: dulciculae potionis, Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46.— Also as a stand for vases, Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 10; Ven. Fort. 3, 13, 4; 11, 10, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
scŭtella, æ, f. (scuta), petite coupe : Cic. Tusc. 3, 46 ; Prisc. Gramm. 3, 44 || plateau, soucoupe : Ulp. Dig. 34, 2, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
scutella, ae, f. (Demin. v. scutra, nach Diom. 326, 27. Prisc. 3, 44. Donat. 376, 8. Consent. 346, 29 K. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 324 von scutum), die Schale zum Trinken, hedychri, Cic. Tusc. 3, 46: als Untersatz zu Speiseschüsselchen, die Platte, Ulp. dig. 34, 2, 19. § 10. – / scūtella gemessen, Ven. Fort. carm. 3, 13, 4; 11, 1, 7.
