ichneumon
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
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]
