The corpus record

ἴχνιον

ichnion · τό

track, footprint

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Where it lives

Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Odyssey 5 · 0.58/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

track, footprint, track, step

track, footprint, ἴχνιʼ ἐρευνῶντες κύνες ἤϊσαν Od. 19.436; μετʼ ἴχνια βαῖνε θεοῖο followed on her track, 5.193; μετʼ ἀνέρος ἴχνιʼ ἐρευνῶν Il. 18.321; κατʼ ἴχνιά τινος ἐφέπεσθαι A.R. 1.575; ἴχνια ἵππων X. An. 1.6.1 (v.l. ἴχνη): less freq. in sg., τὸ ἴ. μοῦνον λέλειπται τῶν ποδῶν Democr. 228; ἴ. ὀξέος ἵππου Call. Aet. 3.1.86 [Fr. 75.86 Pf.]; ἕπεσθαί τινι κατʼ ἴχνιον Q.S. 8.361; ἴ. ἑδράσασθαι to plant oneʼs step, AP 6.70 (Maced.).

2 trace, remnant

metaph., trace, remnant, προτέρης ἀγλαΐης ib. 58 (Isid.).

In the wild

ἴχνια · ichnia Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 652)
ἴχνια · ichnia Iliad 13.71
ἴχνιʼ · ichniʼ Iliad 18.321
ἴχνια · ichnia Iliad 23.764
ἴχνιʼ · ichniʼ Odyssey 19.436
ἴχνια · ichnia Odyssey 2.406

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Where it came from

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