οῦ :
      1 adj. m. qui cherche ou suit la piste, ANTH. 5, 16 ; fig. CLÉM. 1, 741 Migne ;
      2 subst. ὁ ἰχν. ichneumon (v. ἰχνεύμων) HDT. 2, 67 ; NIC. Th. 195.

Étym. ἰχνεύω.

οῦ, ὁ, tracker, hunter, Poll. 5.10; of dogs which hunt by scent, ib. 17; metaph, Κύπριδος ἰχνευτὰς ἀργυρέους σκύλακας, of money given to a ἑταίρα, AP 5.15 (Marc. Arg.); Ἰχνευταί, οἱ, title of a satyric play by Sophocles (cf. v. 298).
detective who traces missing persons, PRyl. 188.22 (ii AD). = ἰχνεύμων 1, Hdt. 2.67, Nic. Th. 195.

ὁ, der Spürer ; κύων, Spürhund, Poll. 5.10, 17, wie σκύλακες M.Arg. 10 (V.16). Bei Her. 2.67 der Ichneumon, wie B.A. 43.25 u. Nic. Th. 195.