ichneumon

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ichneumōn, from Ancient Greek ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn, “tracker”), from ἴχνος (íkhnos, “track, footstep”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪkˈnjuːmən/ === Noun === ichneumon (plural ichneumons) An Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), found in Africa and southern Europe. Synonym: nems An ichneumon wasp. (mythology) a legendary animal, which kills crocodiles and dragons ==== Derived terms ==== ichneumoned ichneumonized ichneumonology ==== Related terms ==== ichnology ichnogram ichneumia ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ik.nø.mɔ̃/ === Noun === ichneumon m (plural ichneumons) ichneumon === Further reading === “ichneumon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn, “tracker”), from ἴχνος (íkhnos, “track, footstep”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪkʰˈnɛu̯.moːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ikˈnɛːu̯.mon] === Noun === ichneumōn m (genitive ichneumonis); third declension Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon ...deinde internecivum bellum cum ichneumone....and in the next place she has given it war to the death with the ichneumon. Pliny the Elder, Natural History, VIII.35 ichneumon wasp, ichneumon fly ...mustela et cornix, turtur et pyrallis, ichneumones vespae et phalangia aranei......the weasel and the crow, the turtle-dove and the pyrallis, ichneumon-flies and spiders... Pliny the Elder, Natural History, X.95 (mythology) a legendary animal, which kills crocodiles ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “ichneumon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ichneumon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.