μαχανίτις

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ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief

Source

Greek Monolingual

μαχανῑτις, -ιδος, ἡ (Α)
προσωνυμία της Αφροδίτης και της Αθηνάς στη Μεγαλόπολη («τὴν δὲ ἐπίκλησιν τῇ θεῷ Μαχανῑτιν ὀρθότατα ἔθεντο», Παυσ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μᾱχᾱνᾱ, δωρ. τ. του μηχανή, + επίθημα -ῖτις (πρβλ. Ζεφυρίτις)].