Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰχνεία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰχνεία

Structure: ἰχνει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: i)/xnos

Sense

  1. a casting about for the scent

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῦτο γάρ τοι περὶ τῶν ἐσ ἰχνείαν ἀσκουμένων κυνῶν παραινεῖ ὁ Ξενοφῶν ἐκεῖνοσ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 25 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. a casting about for the scent

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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