ἐλεημοσύνη
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)
ἡ,
A pity, mercy, Call.Del.152. 2 charity, alms, LXX To.4.7, Ev.Matt.6.2, D.L.5.17.
German (Pape)
[Seite 794] ἡ, Mitleid, Erbarmen; Callim. Del. 151; bes. gegen Arme, Unterstützung, Almosengeben, D. L. 5, 17; N. T. u. K. S.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλεημοσύνη: ἡ, οἶκτος, ἔλεος, Καλλ. εἰς Δῆλ. 152. 2) βοήθεια εἰς τοὺς πτωχούς, ἐλεημοσύνη, ἐκ τῆς λέξεως ταύτης ἔγεινε κατὰ παραφθορὰν ἡ Ἀγγλ. almus, ἡ Γερμ. Almosen, καὶ ἡ Σκωτικὴ awmous). Διογ. Λ. 5. 17, Καιν. Διαθ. κτλ.
