δάκτυλος
δάκτῠλος,
ὁ, poet. pl.
II). a measure of length,
finger's breadth, = about
7 /
10 of an inch,
Hdt. 1.60 , al.;
πώνωμεν, δάκτυλος ἀμέρα Alc. 41 ;
δάκτυλος ἀώς AP 12.50 (
Asclep.): Astron.,
digit, i.e. twelfth part of the sun's or moon's apparent diameter,
Cleom. 2.3 .
III). metrical foot,
dactyl, -^ ^,
Pl. R. 400b ;
ῥυθμὸς κατὰ δάκτυλον Ar. Nu. 651 ;
δ. κατ’ ἵαμβον, diiambus, Aristid. Quint. 1.17 .
2). δ. Ἰδαῖοι, = γλυκυσίδη , Dsc. 3.140 .
VI). δ. θεοῦ the
hand of God,
LXX Ex. 8.19 , cf.
Ev.Luc. 11.20 . (Orig.
Δάτκυλος, cf. Boeot.
δακκύλιος Schwyzer 462 B 51 ;
δατ- =
d[ngnull]t, cf. Skt.
a-datkas 'toothless'.)
ShortDef
a finger
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Headword (normalized):
δάκτυλος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
δακτυλος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-23332
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">δάκτῠλος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, poet. pl. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">δάκτυλα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 19.3 </a> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.365 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> </span> Imp.), also <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg032:810a:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg032:810a.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phgn.</span> 810a22 </a>: <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">-finger,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι τοὺς μῆνας</span> to reckon on <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the fingers,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.63 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ μέγας δ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the thumb,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.8 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1319.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1319.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diog.Apoll.</span> 6 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ μέσος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:687b:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:687b.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 687b18 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἱλιχανοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 37 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ ἔσχατος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 687b17 </span> : prov., <span class="quote greek">ἄκρῳ δ. γεύεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2598.tlg019:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2598.tlg019:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Procop.Gaz.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 31 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἄξια ψόφου δακτύλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1270.tlg001:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1270.tlg001:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Clearch.</span> 5 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">οἱ δ. τῶν ποδῶν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the toes,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:5:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:5:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 4.5.12 </a> ; and, without <span class="foreign greek">ποδός,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Batr.</span> 45 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:874" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:874/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 874 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:494a:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:494a.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 494a12 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ τῶν δ. μέγεθος ἐναντίως ἔχει ἐπί τε τῶν ποδῶν καὶ τῶν χειρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:690a:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:690a.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 690a30 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ μέσος δ.</span> of a monkey, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:502b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:502b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 502b3 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ μείζων δ.</span> the great <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">toe,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg030:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg030:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pyrrh.</span> 3 </a>. b. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the toes</span> of beasts, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:498a:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:498a.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 498a34 </a>; of birds, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:695a:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:695a.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 695a22 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> a measure of length, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">finger\'s breadth,</span> = about <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:7/canonical-url/"> 7 </a>/<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:10/canonical-url/"> 10 </a> of an inch, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.60 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">πώνωμεν, δάκτυλος ἀμέρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 41 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δάκτυλος ἀώς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 12.50 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Asclep.</span></span>): Astron., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">digit,</span> i.e. twelfth part of the sun\'s or moon\'s apparent diameter, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1272.tlg001:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1272.tlg001:2.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cleom.</span> 2.3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> metrical foot, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dactyl,</span> -^ ^, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:400b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:400b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 400b </a>; <span class="quote greek">ῥυθμὸς κατὰ δάκτυλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:651" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:651/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 651 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δ. κατ’ ἵαμβον,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">diiambus,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristid.</span> </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Quint.</span> 1.17 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">δάκτυλοι, </span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dance,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:629d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14.629d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 14.629d </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">date,</span> fruit of the <span class="foreign greek">φοῖνιξ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:342a:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:342a.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 342a10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0553.tlg001:5:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0553.tlg001:5.89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Artem.</span> 5.89 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">grape,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:14:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:14.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 14.15 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0845.phi001:3:2:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0845.phi001:3:2:1/canonical-url/">Colum. 3.2.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἄγρωστις</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:24:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:24.182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 24.182 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι</span> mythical <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wizards</span> and <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">craftsmen</span> in Crete (or Phrygia, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:17:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:17.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 17.7 </a>), attached to the cult of Rhea Cybele, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 176 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2329.tlg001:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2329.tlg001:47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecyd.</span> 47 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span></span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:364" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:364/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 364 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:3:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:3:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 8.3.30 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:5:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:5.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 5.64 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(9).259.22 </span> (Eretria). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">δ. Ἰδαῖοι,</span> = <span class="ref greek">γλυκυσίδη</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 3.140 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> fossil found in Crete, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:37:170" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:37.170/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 37.170 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">δ. θεοῦ</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hand</span> of God, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:8:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:8.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ex.</span> 8.19 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:11:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:11.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Luc.</span> 11.20 </a>. (Orig. <span class="foreign greek">Δάτκυλος,</span> cf. Boeot. <span class="quote greek">δακκύλιος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Schwyzer</span> 462 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">B</span> 51 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">δατ-</span> = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">d[ngnull]t,</span> cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a-datkas</span> \'toothless\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}