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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

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Greek Monolingual

αὐτόπυρος, ο (Α)
κατασκευασμένος από ακοσκίνιστο σιταρένιο αλεύρι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αυτο- + -πυρος < πυρός «σιτάρι» (πρβλ. εύπυρος, πολύπυρος)].