δάκτυλος

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'.)