σκίρτησις

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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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Transliteration A: skírtēsis Transliteration B: skirtēsis Transliteration C: skirtisis Beta Code: ski/rthsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A bounding, leaping, Plu.Cleom.34, 2.1091d.    2 rioting, uproar, σκιρτήσεις ἐθνῶν ib. 341f.