ἴχνος

See also: ίχνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Beekes states a formation in *-nos- like ἔρνος (érnos), κτῆνος (ktênos). The first part could be cognate with Ancient Greek οἴχομαι (oíkhomai, “to go (away), leave, disappear, die”) or Ancient Greek οἰχνέω (oikhnéō, “to go, come, walk, approach”), which are connected to Old Armenian իջանեմ (iǰanem, “to come down, descend”) and Tocharian B yku (“gone”); furthermore compare Old Irish óegi (“guest”) and Lithuanian eigà (“course”), for perhaps Proto-Indo-European *h₁eygʰ- (“to go”), a possible extension of *h₁ey- with similar meaning. However, this connection is disputed by other sources.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.kʰnos/ → /ˈi.xnos/ → /ˈi.xnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.kʰnos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.kʰnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.xnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.xnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.xnos/

Noun

ἴχνος • (íkhnos) n (genitive ἴχνους); third declension

1. track, footstep, footprint

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ῐ̓́χνος; τοῦ ῐ̓́χνους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῐ̓́χνος tò íkhnos	τὼ ῐ̓́χνει tṑ íkhnei	τᾰ̀ ῐ̓́χνη tà íkhnē
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̓́χνους toû íkhnous	τοῖν ῐ̓χνοῖν toîn ikhnoîn	τῶν ῐ̓χνῶν tôn ikhnôn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̓́χνει tôi íkhnei	τοῖν ῐ̓χνοῖν toîn ikhnoîn	τοῖς ῐ̓́χνεσῐ / ῐ̓́χνεσῐν toîs íkhnesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῐ̓́χνος tò íkhnos	τὼ ῐ̓́χνει tṑ íkhnei	τᾰ̀ ῐ̓́χνη tà íkhnē
Vocative	ῐ̓́χνος íkhnos	ῐ̓́χνει íkhnei	ῐ̓́χνη íkhnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνεξιχνίαστος (anexikhníastos)
• ἀνίχνευσις (aníkhneusis)
• ἀνίχνευτος (aníkhneutos)
• ἀνιχνεύω (anikhneúō)
• διεξιχνεύω (diexikhneúō)
• διϊχνεύω (diïkhneúō)
• δυσίχνευτος (dusíkhneutos)
• ἐνίχνιον (eníkhnion)
• ἐξίχνευσις (exíkhneusis)
• ἐξιχνευτέον (exikhneutéon)
• ἐξιχνευτέος (exikhneutéos)
• ἐξιχνευτής (exikhneutḗs)
• ἐξιχνεύω (exikhneúō)
• ἐξιχνοσκοπέω (exikhnoskopéō)
• ἰχναῖος (ikhnaîos)
• ἰχνεία (ikhneía)
• ἰχνελάτης (ikhnelátēs)
• ἴχνευμα (íkhneuma)
• ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn)
• ἴχνευσις (íkhneusis)
• ἰχνευτέος (ikhneutéos)
• ἰχνευτής (ikhneutḗs)
• ἰχνευτικός (ikhneutikós)
• ἰχνεύω (ikhneúō)
• ἰχνηλασία (ikhnēlasía)
• ἰχνηλατέω (ikhnēlatéō)
• ἰχνηλάτης (ikhnēlátēs)
• ἴχνιον (íkhnion)
• ἰχνοβάτης (ikhnobátēs)
• ἰχνοβλαβής (ikhnoblabḗs)
• ἰχνογραφία (ikhnographía)
• ἰχνοπέδη (ikhnopédē)
• ἰχνοποιέω (ikhnopoiéō)
• ἰχνοσκοπέω (ikhnoskopéō)
• ἰχνοσκοπία (ikhnoskopía)
• πανίχνιον (paníkhnion)
• προϊχνεύω (proïkhneúō)
• συνανιχνεύω (sunanikhneúō)
• συνεξιχνεύω (sunexikhneúō)
• συνιχνεύω (sunikhneúō)
• ὑπίχνιος (hupíkhnios)

 

Descendants

• →⇒ English: ichno- (learned), e.g. ichnology, ichnogram, ichneumon
• Greek: ίχνος (íchnos)

Further reading

• “ἴχνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἴχνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἴχνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἴχνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἴχνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἴχνος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2487 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clue idem, page 140.
  • foot-mark idem, page 334.
  • foot-print idem, page 334.
  • impression idem, page 423.
  • indication idem, page 432.
  • print idem, page 641.
  • scent idem, page 738.
  • step idem, page 815.
  • trace idem, page 884.
  • track idem, page 885.
  • trail idem, page 886.
  • tread idem, page 891.
  • vestige idem, page 949.