ichneumon
ichneumon, an Egyptian rat, ichneumon
ichneumon, ŏnis, m., = ἰχνεύμων.
- An animal which tracks the crocodile and destroys its eggs; the Egyptian rat or ichneumon, Plin. 8, 24, 35, § 88; 8, 25, 37, § 90 sq.; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; Mart. 7, 87, 5; Nemes. Cyneg. 54.—
- II An insect, the ichneumon-fly, Sphex sabulosus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 294; 11, 21, 24, § 72.
ichneumōn, onis, m. (ἰχνεύμων), I) die Pharaonsmaus, die den Krokodileiern nachstellt, Plin. 8, 88. Solin. 32, 25. Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 101. Vitr. 8, 2, 7. Mart. 7, 87, 5. Nemes. cyn. 54: enhydrus ichneumonis genus, Amm. 22, 15, 19. – II) der Afterraupentöter, eine Art Insekten (Sphex sabulosus, L.), Plin. 10, 204 u. 11, 72.
†cicidemon,næderbita
hincneomon,næderbita
ichneumōn, ŏnis, m. (ἰχνεύμων), ichneumon, rat dʼÉgypte : Cic. Nat. 1, 100 || espèce de guêpe : Plin. 10, 204.
ichneumōn onis, m
- , ἰχνεύμων, an Egyptian rat, ichneumon.