αἰθρία
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)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
A = αἴθρη, first in Sol. 13.22, then in Ion. Prose, Com., X., and Arist.: ἐξ αἰθρίης καὶ νηνεμίης Hdt. 7.188; ἐξ αἰθρίας ἀστράψω Cratin.53, cf. Hdt.3.86, X.HG7.1.31; αἰθρίας οὔσης in clear weather, Arist. Mete.342a12; αἰθρίης or -ίας abs., Hdt.7.37, Ar.Nu. 371; τῆς αἰθρίας Arist.Pr.939b15. 2 esp. the clear cold air of night, Hdt.2.68, cf. Hp. Aët.8. [ῐ in penult. exc. in dact. and anap., Sol. l.c., Ar. l.c.]
