ξυλοπέδη
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)
ἡ,
A log of wood tied to the feet, Aq.Jb.13.27,33.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 281] hölzerner Fußblock, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ξῠλοπέδη: ἡ, ξύλινος δεσμὸς τῶν ποδῶν πρὸς τιμωρίαν καταδίκων, Ἀκύλας ἐν Ἰὼβ 13. 27.
Greek Monolingual
ξυλοπέδη, ἡ (ΑΜ)
ξύλινος ποδόδεσμος με τον οποίο έδεναν και ακινητοποιούσαν τα πόδια τών καταδίκων.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ξύλον + πέδη «δεσμός» (πρβλ. τροχο-πέδη)].
