ἀποδρέπω
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)
A pluck off, ἀπόδρεπε οἴκαδε βότρυς pluck and take them home, Hes.Op. 611; pluck off hair, Hp.Mul.2.106: metaph., ἀ.καρπὸν ἥβας Pi.P..9.110, cf. O.1.13; τὸν ἀφροδισίων κῆπον Archipp.2 D.:—Med., μαλθακᾶς ὥρας ἀρας καρπὸν δρέπεσθαι Pi.Fr.122.8, cf. AP6.303 (Aristo), Plu. 2.79d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποδρέπω: μέλλ. -ψω, ἀποκόπτων, συλλέγω, ἀπόδρεπε οἴκαδε βότρυς, κόπτε καὶ φέρε αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 608· ἀπ. καρπὸν ἥβας Πινδ. Π. 9. 193, πρβλ. Ο. 1. 20, οὕτως ἐν μέσ. τύπ., μαλθακᾶς ὥρας ἀπὸ καρπὸν δρέπεσθαι ὁ αὐτ. Ἀποσπ. 87. 8· πρβλ. Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 303, Πλούτ. 2. 79D.
French (Bailly abrégé)
cueillir;
Moy. ἀποδρέπομαι m. sign.
Étymologie: ἀπό, δρέπω.
English (Slater)
ἀποδρέπω
1 pluck, cull χρυσοστεφάνου δέ οἱ Ἥβας καρπὸν ἀνθήσαντ' ἀποδρέψαι ἔθελον (P. 9.110) med., ὑμῖν ἄνευθ' ἐπαγορίας ἔπορεν, ὦ παῖδες, ἐρατειναῖς ἐν εὐναῖς μαλθακᾶς ὥρας ἀπὸ καρπὸν δρέπεσθαι fr. 122. 8. cf. (O. 1.13)
Spanish (DGE)
• Morfología: [pres. inf. -δρέπεν Hes.Op.611]
1 cortar, coger flores o frutas ἀποδρέπεν οἴκαδε βότρυς Hes.l.c.
•fig. del fruto de la juventud o el amor Ἥβας καρπόν Pi.P.9.110, ἀλλοτρίας (ὥρας) Bio Bor.57
•recolectar, e.e. disfrutar de τὸν Ἀφροδίσιον κῆπον Archipp.45A
•en v. med. μαλθακᾶς ὥρας ἀπὸ καρπὸν δρέπεσθαι Pi.Fr.122.8.
2 en gener. arrancar abs. del vello, Hp.Mul.1.106, cf. Hsch.
•coger en v. med. c. ac. πίονα τυρὸν ἀποδρέψεσθε καὶ αὔην ἰσχάδα AP 6.303 (Aristo), δρόσον καὶ χνοῦν Plu.2.79d
•c. gen. χρυσίου Alciphr.3.15.2.
