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ἴχνος

ichnos

track, footstep

Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἴχνος, εος, τό, A. track, footstep, Od. 17.317, Hes. Op. 680, Hdt. 4.82; of the spoor of game, X. Cyn. 6.15, etc.: metaph., track, trace, κατʼ ἴχνος πλατᾶν ἄφαντον A. Ag. 695 (lyr.); ἐς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὼν . . λόγων ἴ. Id. Pr. 845; ἴ. κακῶν ῥινηλατούσῃ Id. Ag. 1184; ἴ. παλαιᾶς δυστέκμαρτον αἰτίας S. OT 109; ἴ. τειχέων E. Hel. 108; ἴχνη τῶν πληγῶν Pl. Grg. 524c; τὰ τῶν κονδύλων ἴ. Aeschin. 3.212: with neg., not a trace, μαζῶν οὐδὲ ἴχνη Aret. SD 1.8; ἴ. ποδὸς θεῖναι, Lat. vestigia ponere, E. IT 752, cf. Or. 234; θέσθαι AP 7.464 (Antip.); λεπτὸν ἴ. ἀρβύλης τίθετε step softly, E. Or. 140 (lyr.); ἴ. ἐπαντέλλειν ποδός Id. Ph. 105 (lyr.); ἴ. ἐρείδειν AP 5.300 (Paul. Sil.); ἐν ἴχνεσί τινος πόδα νέμειν (metaph.) Pi. N. 6.15; ἰχνῶν τινος ἔχεσθαι Lib. Or. 64.4; τοῖς στοιχοῦσι τοῖς ἴχνεσι τῆς πίστεως Ep.Rom. 4.12; κατʼ ἴχνος ᾄσσειν, κατʼ ἴχνη διώκειν, S. Aj. 32, Pl. R. 410b, cf. E. Hec. 1059 (lyr.); εἰς ἴχνος τινὸς ἰέναι Pl. Ep. 330e; ἴ. μετιέναι, μετελθεῖν, Id. Phdr. 276d, Tht. 187e; ἴχνους προσάπτεσθαι hit upon a trail, Id. Plt. 290d; τοῖς ἀρχαίοις ἴ. ἐς τὰ θεμέλια χρωμένους Jul. Or. 2.66b; ἴχνη ὑποψίας εἴς τινα φέρει Antipho 2.3.10; μήτʼ ἴ. μήτʼ αἴθυγμα . . παραδιδόντων Phld. Sign. 29, cf. Rh. 1.91 S. 2. poet., foot, E. Ba. 1134, Herod. 7.20. 3. hard sole of the foot, LXX De. 11.24,al., Gal. 10.876, Orib. 47.9.7; sole of a shoe, Hp. Art. 62,Arr. Ind. 16.5; sandal, POxy. 1449.51 (pl., iii A.D.). 4. τὰ ἴ. τῶν χειρῶν the palms of the hands, LXX 1 Ki. 5.4. 5. ἴ. ἀνθρώπινον, as a measure of length, Ruf. Anat. 31. 6. track, route in the desert, PRyl. 197.8 (ii A.D.). 7. pl., representations of footprints as votive offerings indicating the presence of a God, ἀνέθηκαν . . κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐνέργιαν ἴχνη αὐτοῦ χρύσεα τέσσερα BCH 51.106 (Panamara), etc.
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