experiens
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
expĕrĭens: entis, Part. and P. a., from experior.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
expĕrĭēns,¹⁴ tis, part. prés. de experior || adjt, actif, agissant, entreprenant : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37 ; Clu. 23 ; Liv. 6, 34, 4 || -tissimus Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 53.
Latin > German (Georges)
experiēns, entis, PAdi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (v. experior no. II), I) sich in etwas versuchend, unternehmend, tätig, geschäftig, promptus homo et exp., Cic.: vir acer experiensque, Liv.: Ulixes, Ov.: ingenium (Ggstz. desidia), Ov.: experientissimus ac diligentissimus arator, Cic. – m. in u. Abl., in bellicis rebus experientissimus, Vulg. 2. Mach. 8, 9. – m. Genet., experiens laborum, ausdauernd in Mühsal, Ov. met. 1, 414. – II) erfahren in usw., kundig, experientior instructiorque discessit, Augustin. conf. 6, 9: iste (in) hāc arte experientior fuit, Isid. 16, 24, 2. – m. Genet., experientissimus belli, Nazar, pan. 25, 4: rei militaris experientissimi duces, Arnob. 2, 38 in.