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Menander, Monostichoi, 118

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ichneumon: ŏnis, m., = ἰχνεύμων.
I An animal which tracks the crocodile and destroys its eggs; the Egyptian rat or ichneumon, Plin. 8, 24, 35, § 88; 8, 25, 37, § 90 sq.; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; Mart. 7, 87, 5; Nemes. Cyneg. 54.—
II An insect, the ichneumon-fly, Sphex sabulosus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 294; 11, 21, 24, § 72.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ichneumōn, ŏnis, m. (ἰχνεύμων), ichneumon, rat d’Égypte : Cic. Nat. 1, 100 || espèce de guêpe : Plin. 10, 204.

Latin > German (Georges)

ichneumōn, onis, m. (ἰχνεύμων), I) die Pharaonsmaus, die den Krokodileiern nachstellt, Plin. 8, 88. Solin. 32, 25. Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 101. Vitr. 8, 2, 7. Mart. 7, 87, 5. Nemes. cyn. 54: enhydrus ichneumonis genus, Amm. 22, 15, 19. – II) der Afterraupentöter, eine Art Insekten (Sphex sabulosus, L.), Plin. 10, 204 u. 11, 72.

Latin > English

ichneumon ichneumonis N M :: ichmeumon; parisitic fly; [Herpestes ichneumon => weasel-like Egyptian animal]