ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
P. φθονερῶς, ἐπιφθόνως.
maliciously: P. and V. πικρῶς.