δάκτυλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, poet. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> δάκτυλα <span class="bibl">Theoc.19.3</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.365 (Jul. Imp.), also <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>810a22</span>: <b class="b2">-finger</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι τοὺς μῆνας</b> to reckon on <b class="b2">the fingers</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.63</span>; ὁ μέγας δ. <b class="b2">the thumb</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.3.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Diog.Apoll.6</span>; ὁ μέσος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>687b18</span>; οἱλιχανοί <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>37</span>; ὁ ἔσχατος Id.<span class="title">PA</span>687b17: prov., ἄκρῳ δ. γεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Procop.Gaz.<span class="title">Ep.</span> 31</span>; οὐκ ἄξια ψόφου δακτύλων <span class="bibl">Clearch.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> οἱ δ. τῶν ποδῶν <b class="b2">the toes</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.5.12</span>; and, without <b class="b3">ποδός</b>, <span class="bibl">Batr.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>874</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>494a12</span>; τὸ τῶν δ. μέγεθος ἐναντίως ἔχει ἐπί τε τῶν ποδῶν καὶ τῶν χειρῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>690a30</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ μέσος δ</b>. of a monkey, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>502b3</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ μείζων δ</b>. the great <b class="b2">toe</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>3</span>. b. of <b class="b2">the toes</b> of beasts, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>498a34</span>; of birds, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>695a22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a measure of length, <b class="b2">finger's breadth</b>, = about <span class="bibl">7</span>/<span class="bibl">10</span> of an inch, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.60</span>, al.; πώνωμεν, δάκτυλος ἀμέρα <span class="bibl">Alc.41</span>; δάκτυλος ἀώς <span class="title">AP</span>12.50 (Asclep.): Astron., <b class="b2">digit</b>, i.e. twelfth part of the sun's or moon's apparent diameter, <span class="bibl">Cleom.2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> metrical foot, <b class="b2">dactyl</b>, -, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>400b</span>; ῥυθμὸς κατὰ δάκτυλον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>651</span>; <b class="b3">δ. κατ' ἵαμβον</b>, <b class="b2">diiambus</b>, Aristid. Quint.1.17. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">δάκτυλοι, οἱ,</b> a <b class="b2">dance</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.14.629d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">date</b>, fruit of the <b class="b3">φοῖνιξ</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>342a10</span>, <span class="bibl">Artem.5.89</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> kind of <b class="b2">grape</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>14.15</span>, Colum.<span class="bibl">3.2.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[ἄγρωστις]], <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>24.182</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι</b> mythical <b class="b2">wizards</b> and <b class="b2">craftsmen</b> in Crete (or Phrygia, <span class="bibl">D.S.17.7</span>), attached to the cult of Rhea Cybele, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 176</span>, <span class="bibl">Pherecyd.47</span> J., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>364</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.8.3.30</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.64</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12(9).259.22 (Eretria). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">δ. Ἰδαῖοι</b>, = [[γλυκυσίδη]], Dsc.3.140. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> fossil found in Crete, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>37.170</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b3">δ. θεοῦ</b> the <b class="b2">hand</b> of God, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>8.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>11.20</span>. (Orig. <b class="b3">Δάτκυλος</b>, cf. Boeot. δακκύλιος <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 462<span class="title">B</span>51; <b class="b3">δατ-</b> = <b class="b2">d[ngnull]t</b>, cf. Skt. <b class="b2">a-datkas</b> 'toothless'.)</span>