κλωστήρ
From LSJ
ὅπου ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐφικνεῖται, προσραπτέον ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν → if a lionskin doesn't do the trick, put on the fox | if force doesn't work, try cunning | where the lion's skin will not reach, it must be patched out with the fox's
English (LSJ)
ῆρος, ὁ,
A spindle, Theoc.24.70, A.R.4.1062. II thread, yarn, λίνου κ., of a net (periphr. for κλωστὸν λίνον Sch.), A. Ch.507, cf. E.Fr.1001. 2 skein, Ar.Ra.1349 (lyr.), Lys.567, Plu.2.558d. 3 metaph., thread of fate, μοιρῶν κλωστῆρι Epigr.Gr.292.6 (Heraclea ad Latmum), cf. Arch.Pap.1.220 (κλωστείρων is a mason's error for -τήρων) μοιρίδιοι κ. IG3.1339.
