ἰχνεύμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Literally, "the tracer", from ἰχνεύω (ikhneúō, to trace) + -μων (-mōn).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἰχνεύμων • (ikhneúmōn) m (genitive ἰχνεύμονος); third declension

  1. an Egyptian animal of the weasel-kind, which hunts out crocodile's eggs (asp's eggs), ichneumon, Herpestes ichneumon
  2. a small kind of wasp, that hunts spiders, Sceliphron spirifex

Declension

Descendants

  • Aramaic:
    Classical Syriac: ܐܢܓܠܝܡܘܢ (ʾnglymwn), ܟܠܝܡܘܢ (klymwn)
  • Latin: ichneumōn
  • Old Armenian: ինքնիմոն (inkʻnimon), իքնիմոն (ikʻnimon)

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