quidni
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
quidni ADV :: why not?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
quidni: v. 1. quis, I. B.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quidnī⁹ ou quid nī, pourquoi ne... pas ? quidni laudet ? Cic. Off. 2, 76, pourquoi ne louerait-il pas ? cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 80 ; Tusc. 5, 12 || quidni ? Cic. Quinct. 69, pourquoi pas ? || tmèse : quid ego ni ita censeam ? Pl. Mil. 1120, pourquoi n’aurais-je pas cet avis ? cf. Ter. Ad. 662 || quidni non permittam Sen. Ep. 52, 10, pourquoi le permettrais-je ? comment ne m’y opposerais-je pas ?
