ἀφέψησις
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)
εως, ἡ,
A = ἄφεψις, PPetr.3p.315, Sch.Lyc.156.
German (Pape)
[Seite 409] ἡ, das Abkochen, Schol. Lycophr. 156.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀφέψησις: -εως, ἡ, = ἄφεψις, Εὐστ. Πονημάτ. 311. 82.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
1 ablandamiento o reducción por cocción, cocción de Pélope por Tántalo, Sch.Lyc.157, de las aves μετὰ σφαγὴν καὶ ἀφέψησιν Eust.Op.311.82
•de ungüentos PPetr.2.34.3 (III a.C.).
2 del oro refinación, IG 22.1496.201 (IV a.C.).
