A.track, footprint, “ἴχνι᾽ ἐρευνῶντες κύνες ἤϊσαν” Od.19.436; μετ᾽ ἴχνια βαῖνε θεοῖο followed on her track, 5.193; “μετ᾽ ἀνέρος ἴχνι᾽ ἐρευνῶν” Il.18.321; “κατ᾽ 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; “ἕπεσθαί τινι κατ᾽ ἴχνιον” Q.S.8.361; ἴ. ἑδράσασθαι to plant one's step, AP6.70 (Maced.).
ἴχνιον , τό (Dim. of ἴχνος only in form, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.903, but written ἰχνίον by Eust.233.44),