ἴχνος, εος, τό,
track, footstep, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.317, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 680, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.82 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the spoor of game, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, track, trace, κατ᾽ ἴχνος πλατᾶν ἄφαντον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 695 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὼν.. λόγων ἴ. [[ [prev. author] “Pr.” 845; ἴ. κακῶν ῥινηλατούσῃ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1184; ἴ. παλαιᾶς δυστέκμαρτον αἰτίας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 109; ἴ. τειχέων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 108; ἴχνη τῶν πληγῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 524c; τὰ τῶν κονδύλων ἴ. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.212 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with negative, not a trace, μαζῶν οὐδὲ ἴχνη [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.8 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἴ. ποδὸς θεῖναι, Latin vestigia ponere, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 752, compare “Or.” 234; θέσθαι “Anthologia Graeca” 7.464 (Antip.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεπτὸν ἴ. ἀρβύλης τίθετε step softly, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 140 (Lyric poetry); ἴ. ἐπαντέλλειν ποδός [prev. author] “Ph.” 105 (Lyric poetry); ἴ. ἐρείδειν “Anthologia Graeca” 5.300 (Paul. Sil.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἴχνεσί τινος πόδα νέμειν (metaphorically) [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.15; ἰχνῶν τινος ἔχεσθαι 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 64.4; τοῖς στοιχοῦσι τοῖς ἴχνεσι τῆς πίστεως NT.Rom.4.12 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἴχνος ᾄσσειν, κατ᾽ ἴχνη διώκειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 32, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 410b, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1059 (Lyric poetry); εἰς ἴχνος τινὸς ἰέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 330e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴ. μετιέναι, μετελθεῖν, [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 276d, “Tht.” 187e ] Refs]; ἴχνους προσάπτεσθαι hit upon a trail, [[ [prev. author] “Plt.” 290d; τοῖς ἀρχαίοις ἴ. ἐς τὰ θεμέλια χρωμένους 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.66b; ἴχνη ὑποψίας εἴς τινα φέρει 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.10; μήτ᾽ ἴ. μήτ᾽ αἴθυγμα.. παραδιδόντων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 29, compare “Rh.” 1.91 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]