ἰχνεύμων
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
English (LSJ)
ονος, ὁ,
A tracker: hence, 1 an Egyptian animal of the weasel-kind, which hunts out crocodile's eggs (asp's eggs,Ael.NA6.38), Herpestes ichneumon, Arist.HA612a16, Eub.107.12, Nic.Th.190, Plu.2.966d, PLond.3.904 (ii A.D.); cf. ἰχνευτής 11. 2 a small kind of wasp, that hunts spiders, Pelopaeus spirifex, Arist.HA552b26,609a5, cf. Plin.HN10.204. 3 a bird, Ant.Lib. 14.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1276] ονος, ὁ (der Spürer), – a) eine Wieselart in Aegypten, die den Eiern des Krokodils nachspürt, Arist. H. A. 6, 35. 9, 6 Nic. Th. 190 Plut. sol. anim. 10. S. auch ἰχνευτής. – b) eine Wespe, die den Spinnen nachspürt, Arist. H. A. 5, 20. 9, 1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰχνεύμων: -ονος, ὁ, ὁ ἀνιχνέυων· ἐντεῦθεν, 1) ζῷόν τι τῆς Αἰγύπτου ὅμοιον ἰκτίδι, ὅπερ ἀνιχνεύει τὰ ᾠὰ τοῦ κροκοδείλου, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 6. 35, 2· καλεῖται καὶ ἰχνευτής, Ἡρόδ. 2. 67, κλ. 2) εἶδος σφηκῶν θηρευόντων τὰς ἀράχνας, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 20, κλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ονος (ὁ) :
ichneumon, rat d’Égypte, qui suit la piste des crocodiles, animal.
Étymologie: ἰχνεύω.
