δάκτυλος
μεριμνᾷς καὶ τυρβάζῃ περὶ πολλά → you are worried and bothered about so many things, thou art careful and troubled about many things, you are worried and upset about many things
English (LSJ)
ὁ, poet. pl.
A δάκτυλα Theoc.19.3, AP9.365 (Jul. Imp.), also Arist.Phgn.810a22: -finger, ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι τοὺς μῆνας to reckon on the fingers, Hdt.6.63; ὁ μέγας δ. the thumb, Id.3.8, Diog.Apoll.6; ὁ μέσος Arist.PA687b18; οἱλιχανοί Hp.Art.37; ὁ ἔσχατος Id.PA687b17: prov., ἄκρῳ δ. γεύεσθαι Procop.Gaz.Ep. 31; οὐκ ἄξια ψόφου δακτύλων Clearch.5. 2 οἱ δ. τῶν ποδῶν the toes, X.An.4.5.12; and, without ποδός, Batr.45, Ar.Eq.874, Arist. HA494a12; τὸ τῶν δ. μέγεθος ἐναντίως ἔχει ἐπί τε τῶν ποδῶν καὶ τῶν χειρῶν Id.PA690a30; ὁ μέσος δ. of a monkey, Id.HA502b3; ὁ μείζων δ. the great toe, Plu.Pyrrh.3. b. of the toes of beasts, Arist.HA498a34; of birds, Id.PA695a22. 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 AP12.50 (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 δάκτυλοι, οἱ, a dance, Ath.14.629d. IV date, fruit of the φοῖνιξ, Arist.Mete.342a10, Artem.5.89. 2 kind of grape, Plin.HN14.15, Colum.3.2.1. 3 = ἄγρωστις, Plin.HN24.182. V Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι mythical wizards and craftsmen in Crete (or Phrygia, D.S.17.7), attached to the cult of Rhea Cybele, Hes.Fr. 176, Pherecyd.47 J., S.Fr.364, Str.8.3.30, D.S.5.64, IG12(9).259.22 (Eretria). 2 δ. Ἰδαῖοι, = γλυκυσίδη, Dsc.3.140. b fossil found in Crete, Plin.HN37.170. VI δ. θεοῦ the hand of God, LXX Ex.8.19, cf. Ev.Luc.11.20. (Orig. Δάτκυλος, cf. Boeot. δακκύλιος Schwyzer 462B51; δατ- = d[ngnull]t, cf. Skt. a-datkas 'toothless'.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 520] ὁ, 1) der Finger, Her. 6, 63 u. Folgde; μέγας, der Daumen, Ael. V. H. 2, 9, sonst ἀντίχειρ; sonst werden noch genannt: ὁ σμικρότατος καὶ ὁ δεύτερος καὶ ὁ μέσος, Plat. Rep. VII, 523 d; vgl. λιχανός, σφάκελος, μύωψ. – 2) ποδός, Fußzehe, Xen. An. 4, 5, 12; Eur. I. T. 255; Ar. Equ. 881 u. sonst. – 3) das kleinste griech. Längenmaaß, zwei Finger breit; übertr., von einer kurzen Zeit, Alcaeus bei Ath. X, 430 d; δάκτυλος ἀώς Asclepiad. 9 (XII, 50). – 4) die Dattel, Arist. Meteor. 1, 4, 10; Artemid. 5, 89. – 5) der Versfuß, Ar. Nub. 651; u. das Versmaaß, Plat. Rep. III, 400 b. – 6) δάκτυλοι 'Ιδαῖοι, Priester der Cybele. Vgl. Lob. Aglaoph. 2 p. 1166 st.
