turricula
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
turricula turriculae N F :: turret; little tower; dice-box (shaped like turret)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
turrĭcŭla: ae, f.
dim. turris.
I A little tower, a turret, Vitr. 10, 19 med.—
II = pyrgus, a kind of dice-box, shaped like a tower, Mart. 14, 16 in lemm.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
turrĭcŭla, æ, f. (turris),
1 petite tour, tourelle : Vitr. Arch. 10, 13, 6 || pigeonnier : Pall. 1, 24, 1
2 c. pyrgus : Mart. 14, 16 (in lemmate).
Latin > German (Georges)
turricula, ae, f. (Demin. v. turris; vgl. Consent. 355, 12 K.), I) das Türmchen, als Belagerungsmaschine, Vitr. 10, 13, 6: als Taubenhaus, Pallad. 1, 24, 1. – II) übtr. = pyrgus (w.s.), Mart. 14, 16 lemm.
Latin > Chinese
turricula, ae. f. (turris.) :: 小塔
