ἀχρηστέω
From LSJ
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)
to be useless, S.E.M.1.259.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀχρηστέω: εἶμαι ἄχρηστις, Σέξτ. Ἐμπ.π. Μ. 1. 259: - ὡσαύτως ἀχρηστεύω Α. Β. 793. 35.
Spanish (DGE)
ser inútil de la gramática, S.E.M.1.54, cf. 259.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀχρηστέω: быть бесполезным, ненужным Sext.
