ἅρπαγμα
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)
ατος, τό,
A booty, prey, Lyc. 87, LXX Jb.29.17, al.: in pl., ib.Ez.22.25. 2 ἅ. εὐτυχίας windfall, Plu.2.330d; οὐχ ἅ. οὐδ' ἕρμαιον ποιεῖσθαί τι Hld.7.20.
