tractim
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
tractim ADV :: in a long-drawn-out manner
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tractim: adv. tractus,
I by drawing along, i. e. little by little, by degress; in a drawling way, at length, slowly (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 418 Vahl.): quid, si ego illum tractim tangam, ut dormiat? i. e. should stroke him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 157: ire, Lucr. 3, 530; 6, 118: susurrant, Verg. G. 4, 260; so, sonat jucundo hiatu, Gell. 7, 20, 3: tractim pronuntiata littera i, i. e. pronounced long, id. 4, 6, 6; cf. also, dicere (opp. festinanter), slowly, Sen. Ep. 40, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tractim¹⁴ (traho),
1 en traînant : si ego illum tractim tangam Pl. Amph. 313, si je le caressais [si je le touchais en promenant la main ; cf. en fr., si je lui caressais les côtes]
2 lentement : Lucr. 3, 530 ; Sen. Ep. 40, 9
3 d’une façon prolongée : Virg. G. 4, 26 || d’une façon traînante, allongée : Gell. 4, 6, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
tractim, Adv. (traho; vgl. Diom. 407, 5), I) ziehend, zugweise, a) übh.: quid, si ego illum tractim tangam (eins aufstreiche = eine Ohrfeige ziehe), ut dormiat? Plaut. Amph. 313. – b) nach und nach, ire, Lucr. 3, 528. – II) gezogen, gedehnt, langsam, susurrare, Verg.: dicere, Arell. bei Sen. u. Gell.: littera i scilicet tr. pronuntiata, Gell.
