ἰχνεύμων

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Menander, Monostichoi, 268
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Transliteration A: ichneúmōn Transliteration B: ichneumōn Transliteration C: ichneymon Beta Code: *)ixneu/mwn

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.