ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
v. πλάσσω.
ἐπλάσθην: aor. pass. к πλάσσω.