Ἰχνευτής
οῦ, ὁ
A.
tracker, hunter, Poll. 5.10; of dogs which hunt by scent, ib.17: metaph., Κύπριδος ἰχνευτὰς ἀργυρέους σκύλακας, of money given to a ἑταίρα, AP 5.15 (Marc. Arg.): Ἰχνευταί,οἱ, title of a satyric play by Sophocles (cf. v. 298).
2.
detective who traces missing persons, PRyl. 188.22 (ii A.D.).
II.
= ἰχνεύμων 1, Hdt. 2.67, Nic. Th. 195.