finger

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V., δάκτυλος, ὁ.

reckon on one's fingers: Ar. λογίζεσθαι ἀπὸ χειρός.

he killed men who had never raised a finger against him and were not enemies: P. διέφθειρε οὔτε χεῖρας ἀνταιρομένους οὔτε πολεμίους (Thuc. 3, 32).

verb transitive

P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), V. ψαύειν (gen.) (rare P.), θιγγάνειν (gen.), προσθιγγάνειν (gen.); see touch.