ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
(see also ἀποδίδωμι): assign, deliver, pay, shed, give back, pay back, pay off a debt
