δορίπονος
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)
ον,
A toiling with the spear, bearing the brunt of war, πόλις A.Th.169 (lyr.); ἄνδρες E.El.479 (lyr.); δ. κακά A.Th.628 (lyr.); δ. ἀσπίδες E.IA771 (lyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 658] speerbedrängt; πόλις Aesch. Spt. 153; κακά 610; ἀσπίδες, ἄνδρες, Eur. I. A. 771 El. 479, wo man auch δοριπόνος schreiben kann, mit dem Speere arbeitend, kämpfend.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δορίπονος: -ον, πονῶν περὶ τὸ δόρυ, ἀγωνιζόμενος ἐν τῇ μάχῃ, πολεμικός, Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 169, Εὐρ. Ἠλ. 479· δ. κακὰ Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 628· δ. ἀσπὶς Εὐρ. Ι. Α. 771.
