teuthalis

ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

teuthălis: ĭdis, f., = τευθαλίς,>
I a plant, called also sanguinaria and polygonos. Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113.