compassionate
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. φιλοικτίρμων (Plato), P. ἐλεεινός, Ar. and P. ἐλεήμων.
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐλεεῖν, οἰκτείρειν, V. οἰκτίζειν; (rare P.), κατοικτίζειν, ἐποικτίζειν, ἐποικτείρειν, P. κατελεεῖν, Ar. and V. κατοικτείρειν.
