πατρολύμας
From LSJ
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 (Liddell-Scott)
πατρολύμας: ὁ, = πατρολέτωρ, ὁ λυμαινόμενος τὸν πατέρα, Καισάρ. 1032.
Greek Monolingual
ὁ, Α
πατρολέτωρ, πατροκτόνος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πατήρ, πατρός + -λύμας (< λύμη «κακοποίηση, βλάβη, φθορά»), πρβλ. μουσοπαλαιολύμας].
