ἐπίτακτοι

From LSJ

ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop

Source

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπίτακτοι: οἱ эпитакты, резерв, арьергард Thuc.

Lexicon Thucydideum

subsidia, supports, reserves, 6.67.1, [vulgo commonly ἐπιτακτῶν]