λάπη
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)
ἡ,
A scum which forms on the surface of wine, vinegar, or other liquids left to stand, Erot.: λάμπη in Dsc.5.76, Plu.2.1073a, Gal.16.704, Orib.Syn.9.13.2:—hence λαμπῶδες, of urine, with a scum on it, Hp.Coac.182, Prorrh.1.92; but Erot.read λαπῶδες, and λαππώδης (ἀπὸ τοῦ λάππειν) occurs in Gal.l.c. 2 phlegm, Hp.Morb.2.15, Int.12; μεστοὶ λάπης Diph.17.15; cf. λέμφος. 3 metaph., ἀνηλίῳ λάπᾳ (Wieseler for λάμπᾳ) in sunless filth or damp, of the nether world, A.Eu.387 (lyr.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 16] ἡ, Schleim, Hippocr.; Diphil. bei Ath. IV, 132 e. S. λάμπη.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
pituite.
Étymologie: DELG λάμπη.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
λάπη: (ᾰ) ἡ Aesch., Plut. v.l. = λάμπη.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λάπη: [ᾰ], ὁ ἀφρὸς ἢ εὐρὼς ὁ σχηματιζόμενος ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοῦ οἴνου, ὄξους ἢ ἄλλων ὑγρῶν μενόντων στασίμων, Ἐρωτιαν. Λεξ. Ἱππ.· λάμπη παρὰ τῷ Διοσκ. 5. 87, Πλουτ. 2. 1073Α· - οὕτω λαμπῶδες, ἐπὶ τῶν οὔρων, ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπιφανείας τῶν ὁποίων ἐπικάθηται ἀφρός, Ἱππ. 148Α· ἀλλ’ ὁ Ἐρωτιαν. ἀνεγίνωσκε λαπῶδες. 2) φλέγμα, Λατ. pituita, Ἱππ. 466. 37, κτλ.· μεστοὶ λάπης Δίφιλος ἐν «Ἀπολιπούσῃ» 1. 15· πρβλ. λέμφος. 3) μεταφορ., ἀνηλίῳ λάπᾳ (κατὰ τὸν Wieseler ἀντὶ λάμπῃ ἐν Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 387) ἐν ἀνηλίῳ βορβόρῳ ἢ ὑγρασίᾳ τοῦ κάτω κόσμου, πρβλ. τὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου δόμον εὐρώεντα, τὸ τοῦ Οὐεργιλίου loca senta situ.
Greek Monolingual
Greek Monotonic
λάπη: [ᾰ], ἡ, σκουριά, βρωμιά, σε Αισχύλ.
Frisk Etymological English
Meaning: foam
See also: s. λάμπη.
Middle Liddell
λᾰ́πη, ἡ,
the scum, filth, Aesch.
