ἐμπεδής

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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Full diacritics: ἐμπεδής	Medium diacritics: ἐμπεδής	Low diacritics: εμπεδής	Capitals: ΕΜΠΕΔΗΣ
Transliteration A: empedḗs	Transliteration B: empedēs	Transliteration C: empedis	Beta Code: e)mpedh/s

English (LSJ)

ές,= ἔμπεδος, Trag.Adesp.208. Adv. Ion. ἐμπεδέως Scol.25.

[Seite 811] ές, Hesych., = ἔμπεδος. – Adv. ἐμπεδέως, Scol. bei Ath. XV, 695 e.

ἐμπεδής: -ές, = ἔμπεδος, Ἡσύχ., ἀλλ’ ἐπίρρ. ἐμπεδῶς, διηνεκῶς, Σιμωνίδ. Ἰαμβ. 6. 20, Ἰων. ἐμπεδέως σκόλια παρ’ Ἀθην. 695Ε.

-ές
I fijado al suelo con firmeza, estable de Hades Trag.Adesp.208.
II adv. -έως, -ῶς
1 invariablemente τωὐτὸν ἔχουσ' ἐ. ἔθος Carm.Conu.22.
2 sin interrupción ἔτη τριάκοντα μείναντες ἐμπεδῶς Plb.2.19.1.