σχοινοστρόφος

ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top

Click links below for lookup in third sources:

Full diacritics: σχοινοστρόφος	Medium diacritics: σχοινοστρόφος	Low diacritics: σχοινοστρόφος	Capitals: ΣΧΟΙΝΟΣΤΡΟΦΟΣ
Transliteration A: schoinostróphos	Transliteration B: schoinostrophos	Transliteration C: schoinostrofos	Beta Code: sxoinostro/fos

English (LSJ)

ον,

σχοινοστρόφος: -ον, = σχοινιοστρόφος, διάφ. γρ. ἐν Πλουτ. 2. 473C.

ος, ον :
qui tire de l’eau d’un puits au moyen d’une corde.
Étymologie: σχοῖνος, τρέφω.