μεσοδάκτυλος
From LSJ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
ὁ, A middle phalanx of a finger, Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.238.
German (Pape)
[Seite 138] zwischen den Fingern oder den Zehen, Diosc. u. a. Sp.
Greek Monolingual
μεσοδάκτυλος, ὁ (Α)
η μεσαία φάλαγγα ενός δακτύλου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μεσ(ο)- + δάκτυλος.