ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
dry up: P. and V. ξηραίνεσθαι. Met., P. and V. ἀπορρεῖν, διαρρεῖν.
