στρεψίμαλλος
From LSJ
Ἀλλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
English (LSJ)
ον,
A with tangled fleece: σ. τὴν τέχνην, metaph. of Euripides, in reference to his complex phrases, Ar.Fr.638.
German (Pape)
[Seite 954] mit krauser Wolle, ὄϊς; – übrtr., schlau, arglistig, Eust. u. Suid. v. l. für das Folgde.