πόπανον
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, (πέσσω)
A round cake, used at sacrifices, π. θύειν Ar.Th.285, al., cf. Pl.R.455c, Arist.Fr.489, IG2.1651, Men.129.4, PCair.Zen.569.86 (iii B.C.), Dieuch. ap. Orib.4.7.32, Porph.Abst.2.16; cj. in Thphr.Char.16.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 681] τό, wie πέμμα, Gebäck, bes. Opferkuchen, nach Schol. Plat. Rep. V, 227 πλακούντια πλατέα καὶ λεπτὰ καὶ περιφερῆ; Ar. oft, πόπανα πέττειν Eccl. 843, θύειν Thesm. 285; τὴν τῶν ποπάνων θεραπείαν, Plat. Rep. V, 455 c.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πόπανον: τό, (πέπτω) ὡς τὸ πέμμα, στρογγύλος πλακοῦς ἐν χρήσει κατὰ τὰς θυσίας· συχν. παρ’ Ἀριστοφάνει· π. θύειν Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 285, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Πολ. 455C, Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 447.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
galette pour les sacrifices.
Étymologie: πέπτω.
