ὑποδράω
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)
Ep. ὑποδρώω,
A serve, c. dat., οἵ σφιν ὑποδρώωσιν Od.15.333; οἱ ὑποδρῶντες τῷ θεῷ (sc. Ἀσκληπιῷ) Ael.NA9.33.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1216] Einem dienstbar sein, unter ihm handeln, dienen; οἵ σφιν ὑποδρώωσιν Od. 15, 333; u. in später Prosa, wie Ael. H. A. 9, 33.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑποδράω: μέλλ. -άσω, [ᾱ], Ἐπικ. ὑποδρώω, ὑπηρετῶ, εἶμαι ὑπηρετικός, χρησιμεύω, μετὰ δοτικ., οἵ σφιν ὑποδρώωσιν Ὀδ. Ο. 333· ὑπ. τῷ θεῷ Αἰλ. περὶ Ζ. 9. 33.
