οἰωνόμαντις
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)
εως, ὁ and ἡ,
A one who takes omens from the flight and cries of birds, E.Ph. 767 ;=Lat. augur, D.H.3.69,72.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
οἰωνόμαντις: -εως, ὁ, καὶ ἡ, ὁ μαντευόμενος ἐκ τῆς πτήσεως καὶ τῶν κραυγῶν τῶν πτηνῶν, μάντις, οἰωνοσκόπος, Εὐρ. Φοίν. 767, Διον. Ἁλ. 3. 69, 72. - Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 537.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ὁ) :
devin qui tire des présages du vol ou du cri des oiseaux, augure.
Étymologie: οἰωνός, μάντις.
