casting about for the scent
casting about for the scent, of hounds, X. Cyn. 3.7 (pl.).
The corpus record
ἰχν-εία
ichneia · ἡ
casting about for the scent
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Where it lives
- On Hunting 2 · 2.2/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ἰχνείαις · ichneiais Xenophon, On Hunting 3.7 (DIORISIS sentence 81)
- ἰχνείαις · ichneiais Xenophon, On Hunting 6.8 (DIORISIS sentence 250)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.