perbrevis
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 (Lewis & Short)
per-brĕvis: e, adj.,
I very short, very brief or concise: orator perornatus et perbrevis, Cic. Brut. 43, 158: perbrevi tempore, id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 22.—Separate: altera pars per mihi brevis videtur, id. Clu. 1, 2.—In abl.: perbrevi, adverbially, in a very short time, Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 3.—Adv.: perbrĕ-vĭter, very briefly, very concisely: quid sentiam, perbreviter exponam, Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
perbrĕvis,¹⁴ e, très court, très bref : [en parl. du temps] Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 22 || très concis : Cic. Br. 158 || avec tmèse : per mihi brevis Cic. Clu. 2.
