ductio
From LSJ
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ductĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a leading, a leading off or away (very rare; perh. not anteAug.): aquarum, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 19: alvi, Cels. 2, 12; 4, 24 fin.: ut ducere quis posset eos in quos habet jus ductionis, Dig. 43, 30, 3, § 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ductĭō, ōnis, f. (duco), action de conduire, de tirer : Vitr. Arch. 1, 1 ; 10, 13
