ἐκπνοή
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 breathing out, exhalation, opp. ἀναπνοή,Pl.Ti.78e,Arist.Sens.436a15; opp. εἰσπνοή, Id.Resp.471a8 ; θανάσιμοι ἐ. E.Hipp.1438. 2 death, J.AJ19.8.3. 3 vent, blow-hole, Placit.2.25.1 ; Τυφῶνος ἐκπνοαί, name of a marsh, Plu.Ant.3. II vapour, Arist.Mu.394b13(pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 774] ἡ, das Aushauchen, Ausathmen; καὶ ἀναπνοή Plat. Tim. 78 e; Arist. oft; θανάσιμοι ἐκπνοαί Eur. Hipp. 1438.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκπνοή: ἡ, τὸ ἐκπνεῖν, ἔκπνευσις, ἀντίθετον τῷ ἀναπνοή, Πλάτ. Τίμ. 78 Ε, Ἀριστ. π. Αἰσθ. 1. 3· τῷ εἰσπνοὴ Ἀριστ. π. Ἀναπν. 2.3· θανάσιμοι ἐκπνοαὶ Εὐρ. Ἱππ. 1438. ΙΙ. πνοὴ ἀέρος ἔκ τινος μέρους, αὔρας δὲ τὰς ἐξ ὑγροῦ φερομένας ἐκπνοὰς Ἀριστ. π. Κόσμ. 4. 10.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῆς (ἡ) :
action de rendre le souffle, d’expirer.
Étymologie: ἐκπνέω.
