κυκλισμός
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
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A circular motion, circularity, Simp. in Ph.1280.33, Olymp.in Phd.pp.141,145 N., Hsch. s.v. ἀλάθεας ὥρας.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κυκλισμός: -οῦ, ὁ, κυκλικὴ κίνησις, Ὀλυμπιόδ. ἐν Φαίδωνι 145. 15., 117. 29 Finckh., Ἡσύχ.
