ἰχνεύμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.kʰněu̯.mɔːn/ → /iˈxneβ.mon/ → /iˈxnev.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.kʰněu̯.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈkʰnew.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈxneβ.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈxnev.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈxnev.mon/

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

Third declension of ὁ ἰχνεύμων; τοῦ ἰχνεύμονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἰχνεύμων ho ikhneúmōn	τὼ ἰχνεύμονε tṑ ikhneúmone	οἱ ἰχνεύμονες hoi ikhneúmones
Genitive	τοῦ ἰχνεύμονος toû ikhneúmonos	τοῖν ἰχνευμόνοιν toîn ikhneumónoin	τῶν ἰχνευμόνων tôn ikhneumónōn
Dative	τῷ ἰχνεύμονῐ tôi ikhneúmoni	τοῖν ἰχνευμόνοιν toîn ikhneumónoin	τοῖς ἰχνεύμοσῐ / ἰχνεύμοσῐν toîs ikhneúmosi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἰχνεύμονᾰ tòn ikhneúmona	τὼ ἰχνεύμονε tṑ ikhneúmone	τοὺς ἰχνεύμονᾰς toùs ikhneúmonas
Vocative	ἰχνεῦμον ikhneûmon	ἰχνεύμονε ikhneúmone	ἰχνεύμονες ikhneúmones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܢܓܠܝܡܘܢ (ʾnglymwn), ܟܠܝܡܘܢ (klymwn)

• → Latin: ichneumōn
• → Old Armenian: ինքնիմոն (inkʻnimon), իքնիմոն (ikʻnimon) — variant reading
  • → Old Georgian: იქნამონი (iknamoni)

Further reading

• “ἰχνεύμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press