δάιος
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
Greek Monolingual
(I)
δάϊος, -α, -ον (Α)
βλ. δήιος.
(II)
δάϊος, -ον (Α)
έμπειρος, γνώστης («Λύσιππε... δάϊε τεχνίτα»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. δάιος συνδέεται με το δαήναι, απαρμφ. του αορ. εδάην (πρβλ. διδάσκω)].
Middle Liddell
[In signf. II from *δάω, δαῆναι: in signf. I perh. from δαΐς battle.]
I. hostile, destructive, dreadful, epith. of πῦρ, burning, consuming, Il., Trag.:— δάϊοι, δᾶιοι enemies, Aesch., Soph.; in sg. an enemy, Ar.; hence as adj. hostile, Ar.
2. unhappy, wretched, Trag.
II. knowing, cunning, Anth.
