ἀνθρώπιον
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
German (Pape)
[Seite 234] τό, dim. von ἄνθρωπος, Menschlein, meist im verächtlichen Sinne, Eur. Cycl. 184; Xen. τὰ πονηρὰ ἀνθρ. Mem. 2, 3, 16; Dam. lg, 242; Luc. Nigr. 13; μικρόν Anaxandr. Ath. VI, 242 d (v. 3).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
petit homme.
Étymologie: dim. de ἄνθρωπος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀνθρώπιον: τό человечек, человечишко Eur., Arph., Xen.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνθρώπιον: τὸ = τῷ ἑπομ., Εὐρ. Κύκλ. 185, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 2.3, 15· ἀνθρωπάριον, πρόστυχος, ὁ αὐτ. Κύρ. 5.1, 14, πρβλ. Ἀπομ. 2.3, 16, Δημ. 307. 23· ἐλεεινὸς ἄνθρωπος, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 263.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
1 dim. hombrecillo E.Cyc.185, Anaxandr.34
•c. sent. despect. ὦ πόνηρ' ἀνθρώπια Ar.Pax 263, cf. X.Mem.2.3.16, Cyr.5.1.14, D.18.242, Luc.Icar.29, M.Ant.9.29, Philostr.VS 587.
2 esclavo, PLond.406.6 (IV d.C.).
Greek Monolingual
ἀνθρώπιον, το (Α)
ανθρωπάκι, τιποτένιος άνθρωπος, αχρείος.
Greek Monotonic
ἀνθρώπιον: τό, υποκορ. του ἄνθρωπος, ανθρωπάριο, Λατ. homuncio, σε Ευρ., Ξεν.· ελεεινός άνθρωπος, σε Ξεν.
Middle Liddell
Dim. of ἄνθρωπος, a manikin, Lat. homuncio, Eur., Xen.: a paltry fellow, Xen.
