ἰχνεύμων

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.