mellilla

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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

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mellilla: ae, f.
dim. 2. melinus, a term of endearment,
I little honey, little sweetheart: mea vita, mea mellilla, Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 47 dub.