καταρράπτω
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)
A stitch on or over, θύρη κατερραμμένη ῥιπὶ καλάμων a frame lashed to a crate, Hdt.2.96. II stitch tight, τι ἔς τι Hp. Acut.21; sew up, Thphr.HP9.5.3; λίθον εἰς τὴν ζώνην κ. Plu.Ant.81; in Surgery, Gal.14.783:—Pass., Aen.Tact.31.4; καταρρᾰφῆναι ἐν μηρῷ Agatharch.7; τοῖς δέρμασι Sor.1.68. 2 metaph., devise, compass, Πενθεῖ καταρράψας μόρον A.Eu.26.
