πέτευρον
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)
τό,
A roosting-perch for fowls, Ar.Fr.839, Theoc.13.13, Nic.Th.197 (pl.), Hsch.
2 generally, pole, spar, plank, Lyc. 884.
II springboard, used by tumblers and acrobats, Man.6.444, Epic.in Arch.Pap.7p.5; Lat. petaurus, Juv.14.265, etc., but abl. peteuro (v.l. petauro), Lucil.Fr.1298 Marx.
2 platform, stage, Plb.8.4.8.
III springe, trap, ἐπὶ πέτευρον ᾅδου συναντᾷ LXX Pr.9.18.
IV public notice board, IG7.235.42 (Oropus, iv B.C.); π. τῷ λόγῳ (for publication of accounts) ib.11(2).145.44 (Delos, iv B. C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 605] τό, = πέταυρον; Ar. in Phot. lex.; Theocr. 13, 13; Nic. Th. 197.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
v. πέταυρον.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
πέτευρον -ου, τό stok (voor kippen).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
πέτευρον: τό = πέταυρον.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πέτευρον: τό, = πέταυρον, ὃ ἴδε.
Greek Monolingual
τὸ, ΜΑ
βλ. πέταυρο.
Greek Monotonic
πέτευρον: τό, = πέταυρον, βλ. αυτ.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: hen-roost, acrobat's bar, -framework, high platform, public notice-board (Ar. Fr. 839, inscr. IVa, hell.).
Other forms: -αυρον, πέντευρον s. bel.
Derivatives: πετεύρ-ιον n. small notice-board (Erythrae IVa), -ίζομαι to use a π. = to act as an acrobat (Phld.), with -ισμός, -ιστής, -ιστήρ (Plu., Man.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Technical expression without certain etymology. After Kretschmer KZ 31, 449 from πετα- (= πεδα-, s.v.) and αὔρα air; similar Baunack Phil. 70, 469 and Schwyzer 198 (Schw.-Debr. 498 n. 2; cf. also Prellwitz): from *πετα(Ϝ)ορον as byform of πεδα(Ϝ)ορον = μετέωρον. On the contrary Persson Beitr. 2, 825 n. 7 with Lobeck tries to find connection with πέτομαι (prop. *"instrument to fly"[?]); formation then like ἄλευρον (Benveniste Origines 112). The hesitation ευ: αυ is also diff. interpreted; ευ hypercorrect for αυ (Schwyzer l.c.); from -αϜορον resp. -ηϜορον (Baunack l.c.). -- Lat. LW [loanword] petaurum, -aurista with -auristānus, -aurārius (W.-Hofmann s.v.; there also lit.). -- Pre-Greek Furnée 353; there is also πέντευρον H. (Furnée 291).
Middle Liddell
πέτευρον, ου, τό, = πέταυρον, q.v.]
Frisk Etymology German
πέτευρον: {péteuron}
Forms: (πέταυρον, s. u.)
Grammar: n.
Meaning: ‘Hühnerstange, Akrobatenstange, -gerüst, hohes Gerüst, Anschlagbrett’ (Ar. Fr. 839, Inschr. IVa, hell. u. sp.).
Derivative: Davon πετεύριον n. kleines Anschlagbrett (Erythrae IVa), -ίζομαι ‘ein π. benutzen’ = als Akrobat auftreten (Phld.), mit -ισμός, -ιστής, -ιστήρ (Plu., Man. u.a.).
Etymology: Technischer Ausdruck ohne sichere Etymologie. Nach Kretschmer KZ 31, 449 von πετα- (= πεδα-, s.d.) und αὔρα Luft; ähnlich Baunack Phil. 70, 469 und Schwyzer 198 (Schw.-Debr. 498 A. 2; vgl. auch Prellwitz): aus *πετα(ϝ)ορον als Nebenform von πεδα(ϝ)ορον = μετέωρον. Dagegen sucht Persson Beitr. 2, 825 A. 7 mit Lobeck Anschluß an πέτομαι (eig. *"Flugvorrichtung"[?]); Bildung dann wie ἄλευρον (Benveniste Origines 112). Das Schwanken ευ: αυ wird ebenfalls verschieden beurteilt; ευ hyperkorrekt für αυ (Schwyzer a.O.); aus -αϝορον bzw. -ηϝορον (Baunack a. O.). — Lat. LW petaurum, -aurista mit -auristānus, -aurārius (W.-Hofmann s.v.; daselbst auch Lit.).
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