ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
P. μῖλαξ, σμῖλαξ, ἡ (Plato) τάξος.
The word is also found in Eur., Bacchae 703, and Aristophanes, Nubes 1007, but apparently with a different meaning.