θέλημα
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)
ατος, τό, (θέλω)
A will, Antipho Soph.58 (pl.), Aen.Tact. 18.19, LXX Es.1.8, al., Ev.Matt.7.21, POxy.924.8 (iv A.D.). II ἔστιν μοι θ. ἔν τινι pleasure in... LXX Ec.12.1, cf. 5.3:—also θελ-ήμη, ἡ, Theognost.Can.112.
