ἐκκοβαλικεύομαι
From LSJ
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 cheat by juggling tricks, cajole, dub. in Ar.Eq. 270.
German (Pape)
[Seite 764] durch Koboldstreiche, Kniffe u. dgl. äffen, Ar. Equ. 270, Schol. ἐκπανουργεῖν.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκκοβᾱλικεύομαι: ἀποθ., ἐξαπατῶ διὰ τεχνασμάτων κττ., δελεάζω, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 271.
French (Bailly abrégé)
mystifier.
Étymologie: ἐκ, κόβαλος.
Spanish (DGE)
(ἐκκοβᾱλῐκεύομαι) engatusar γέροντας ἡμᾶς Ar.Eq.270.
Greek Monolingual
ἐκκοβαλικεύομαι (Α)
εξαπατώ με τεχνάσματα.
