ἰχνευτής

English (LSJ)

οῦ, ὁ,

   A tracker, hunter, Poll.5.10; of dogs which hunt by scent, ib.17: metaph., Κύπριδος ἰχνευτὰς ἀργυρέους σκύλακας, of money given to a ἑταίρα, AP5.15 (Marc. Arg.): Ἰχνευταί, οἱ, title of a satyric play by Sophocles (cf. v. 298).    2 detective who traces missing persons, PRyl.188.22 (ii A.D.).    II = ἰχνεύμων 1, Hdt.2.67, Nic.Th. 195.