χάπτω
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 Monolingual
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καταπίνω, καταβροχθίζω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Άλλος τ. του ρ. κάπτω «καταπίνω, καταβροχθίζω» με δάσυνση του αρχικού συμφώνου (πρβλ. τα γοτθ. hafjan, γερμ. happen, με τα οποία συνδέεται το ρ., βλ. και λ. κάπτω)].
