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
| Full diacritics: πορφῠρόνωτος | Medium diacritics: πορφυρόνωτος | Low diacritics: πορφυρόνωτος | Capitals: ΠΟΡΦΥΡΟΝΩΤΟΣ |
| Transliteration A: porphyrónōtos | Transliteration B: porphyronōtos | Transliteration C: porfyronotos | Beta Code: porfuro/nwtos |
πορφυρόνωτον, purple-backed, φᾶρος Nonn. D. 44.56.
πορφῠρόνωτος: -ον, ὁ ἔχων τὰ νῶτα πορφυρᾷ, χθὼν Νόνν. Δ. 44 56.
-ον, Α
φρ. «φᾶρος πορφυρόνωτον» — ένδυμα με πορφυρό χρώμα στην πλάτη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πορφύρα + νῶτον (πρβλ. ποικιλόνωτος)].
