πολύστροφος
From LSJ
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
English (LSJ)
ον,
A much-twisted, λίνα ib.6.107 (Phil.); ἀκτίς Mesom.Sol.12. 2 versatile, γνώμα Pi.Fr.214; π. τὴν γνώμην Poll.6.131. 3 making many turns, of a dancer, Nonn.D.30.108; ἡνιοχεύς (of a steersman) ib.40.464.
German (Pape)
[Seite 674] viel od. oft gedreht, geflochten, λίνα, Philip. 8 (VI, 107); sich vielfach drehend, windend, πολύστροφον ἀκτῖνα ἀμπλέκων, von der Sonne, Dionys. 2; auch übertr., γνώμα, beweglich, gewandt, Pind. frg. 233.
