ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
prae-rĭgĭdus: a, um, adj.,
I very stiff, very rigid (late Lat.): mens, Auct. Quint. Decl. 17, 7.
prærĭgĭdus, a, um, très rigide, très austère : Amm. 24, 2, 5.