μαῦλις
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)
(A), ιδος, or ιος, ἡ,
A bawd, procuress, Hsch.: hence, μαυλ-ίζω, = μαστροπεύω, Id. s.v. μαστροπός, Sch.Ar.Nu.976:
μαῦλις (B), ἡ,
A knife, acc. μαῦλιν Call.Aet.3.1.9; dat. μαύλιδι Nic. Th.706; nom. pl. μαύλιες AP15.25 (Besant.):—also μαυλία, ἡ, in acc. pl. -ίας, Sch.Th.1.6, Suid.
