scrobiculus

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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)

scrŏbĭcŭlus: i, m. scrobis,
I a little ditch or trench, Varr. ap. Non. 225, 9; Col. 4, 15, 3; 5, 6, 8; id. Arb. 30, 1; Plin. 21, 5, 13, § 26.