ἐγκοιμίζω
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)
lull to sleep in . ., AP7.260 (Carph.): metaph., Hero Aut.16.2:— Pass., IG4.951.90 (Epid.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 709] einschläfern in, τοῖς κόλποις παῖδας Carphyllid. 2 (VII, 260).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐγκοιμίζω: μέλλ. -ίσω, κοιμίζω ἐν, πολλάκις παῖδας ἐμοῖς ἐνεκοίμισα κόλποις Ἀνθ. Π. 7. 260.
French (Bailly abrégé)
1 endormir dans ou sur;
2 fig. coucher dans.
Étymologie: ἐν, κοιμίζω.
Spanish (DGE)
I tr.
1 de pers. acostar, recostar παῖδας ἐμοῖς ἐνεκοίμισα κόλποις AP 7.260 (Carph.).
2 de cosas colocar, meter τὴν δρεπάνην τῇ σκηνῇ Chrys.M.61.771, en v. pas. σπάρτος ... ἐγκεκοιμίσθω Hero Aut.16.2.
II intr. en v. med. dormir, pernoctar en lugar sagrado ἐγκεκοιμισμένων ἤδη τῶν ἱκετᾶν IG 42.121.90, cf. 123.130 (ambas Epidauro IV a.C.), ἐν Ἀσκληπιοῦ Aristid.42.43.
Greek Monotonic
ἐγκοιμίζω: μέλ. -ίσω, αποκοιμίζω, κοιμίζω (σ' ένα μέρος), σε Ανθ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐγκοιμίζω: усыплять, убаюкивать (παῖδας κόλποις Anth.).
