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|lshtext=<b>dactylus</b>: i, m., = [[δάκτυλος]] | |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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dactylus: i, m., = δάκτυλος (
I a finger, hence meton.).
I A sort of muscle: "ab humanorum unguium similitudine appellati," Plin. 9, 61, 87, § 184.—
II A kind of grape, Col. 3, 2, 1; called also dacty-lis, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 40.—
III A sort of grass, Plin. 24, 19, 119, § 182.—
A precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170.—
The date, Pall. Oct. 12, 1; Apic. 1, 1 al.—
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.—
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).
