ecligma
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
ecligma acligmatis N N :: mouth-melting medicine
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
eclīgma: ătis, n., = ἔκλειγμα,
I a medicine to be taken by letting it melt in the mouth, an electuary, Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 154; 24, 7, 23, § 38; 26, 8, 35, § 110.—Hence, ecligmătĭum, ii, dim. n., Theod. Prisc. 2, 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ĕcligma, ătis, n. (ἔκλειγμα), écligme, looch [t. de médecine, potion médicinale adoucissante et calmante] : Plin. 21, 154.
Latin > German (Georges)
eclīgma, atis, n. (εκλειγμα), eine Arznei, die man auf der Zunge zergehen läßt, bes. als Abführungsmittel, eine Latwerge (bei spät. Ärzten auch rein lat. electarium), Plin. 21, 154 u.a. – Dass. eclīgmatium, iī, n., Demin. (εκλειγμάτιον), Th. Prisc. 2, 17.
