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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dactylus</b>: i, m., = [[δάκτυλος]] (<br /><b>I</b> a [[finger]], [[hence]] meton.).<br /><b>I</b> A [[sort]] of [[muscle]]: "ab humanorum unguium similitudine appellati," Plin. 9, 61, 87, § 184.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[kind]] of [[grape]], Col. 3, 2, 1; called also dacty-lis, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 40.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[sort]] of [[grass]], Plin. 24, 19, 119, § 182.—<br /> A [[precious]] [[stone]], Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170.—<br /> The [[date]], Pall. Oct. 12, 1; Apic. 1, 1 al.—<br /> In [[metre]], a [[dactyl]], ¯ ˘ ˘ (in [[allusion]] to the [[three]] joints of the [[finger]]), Cic. Or. 64, 217; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 9, 4, 81 et saep.—<br /> [[Dactyli]] Idaei, Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι, a mythic [[body]] of men [[originally]] placed on Mt. [[Ida]], in [[Phrygia]], [[afterwards]] in the [[island]] of [[Crete]]; priests of [[Cybele]], and as [[such]] regarded as [[identical]] [[with]] the [[Corybantes]], and [[with]] the Samothracian [[Cabiri]], Diom. p. 474 P.; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 197 (in [[pure]] Lat., Idaei Digiti, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dactўlŭs</b>, ī, m. ([[δάκτυλος]]),<br /><b>1</b> datte [fruit] : Plin. 13, 46<br /><b>2</b> couteau de mer [sorte de coquillage] : Plin. 9, 184<br /><b>3</b> sorte de grappe de raisin : Col. Rust. 3, 2, 1<br /><b>4</b> sorte de graminée : Plin. 24, 182<br /><b>5</b> sorte de pierre précieuse : Plin. 37, 170<br /><b>6</b> [métrique] dactyle [composé d’une longue et deux brèves] : Cic. Or. 217 ; Quint. 9, 4, 81. [[dactulus]] Diocl. 6, 81.
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{{Georges
|georg=dactylus, ī, m. ([[δάκτυλος]], eig. der »[[Finger]]«, dah. meton.), I) die [[Dattel]], Plin. 13, 46. Pallad. 11, 12, 1: [[Form]] [[dactilus]], Apic. 6, 230 (wo synkop. Genet. Plur. dactilûm): dactilorum [[ossa]] (Kerne), Apic. 1, 1: [[Form]] [[dactulus]], [[wie]] dactuli Nicolai, Edict. Diocl. 6, 81 u. 82: u. [[dactulus]] = der Dattelbaum, Gromat. vet. 352, 2. – II) eine [[Art]] Weintrauben, s. [[dactylis]]. – III) eine Muschelart, Plin. 9, 184. – IV) eine [[Grasart]] (Panicum dactylon, L.), Plin. 24, 182. – V) [[ein]] [[Edelstein]], Plin. 37, 170. – VI) in der [[Metrik]] der [[Versfuß]] – ñ ñ (so [[gen]]. [[nach]] den [[drei]] Fingergliedern), Cic. u.a. – VII) Dactylī Idaei (Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαιοι), uralte phrygische Dämonen, [[Priester]] der [[Cybele]], [[mit]] deren [[Dienst]] [[nach]] Kreta versetzt u. [[mit]] den [[Corybantes]] identifiziert, Plin. 7, 197. Diom. 478, 16; [[rein]] lat. Idaei Digiti [[gen]]. Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 42.
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{{nlel
|nleltext=[[δάκτυλος]]
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=dactylus dactyli N M :: dactyl (metrical foot long-short-short); long (finger-like) grape/date/mollusk
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