δακτυλήθρα

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (δάκτυλος) finger-sheath, X.Cyr.8.8.17, Clearch. 21; thumbscrew, LXX 4 Ma.8.13.

Spanish (DGE)

-ας, ἡ
1 dedil περὶ ἄκραις ταῖς χερσὶ ... δακτυλήθρας ἔχουσιν X.Cyr.8.8.17, δακτυλήθρας ἔχων ἐσθίειν λέγεται τὸ ὄψον Clearch.54, cf. Hdn.Epim.225, Simp.in Cat.238.29, Eust.927.57.
2 n. de un instrumento de tortura para los dedos, empulguera τροχούς τε καὶ ἀρθρέμβολα ... τήγανά τε καὶ δακτυλήθρας LXX 4Ma.8.13, ἄτοπα κολαστηρίων καὶ γένη ... δακτυλήθραν καὶ ποδοστράβην Synes.Ep.42.

German (Pape)

[Seite 520] ἡ, 1) Handschuh, Xen. Cyr. 8, 8, 9; Ath. I, 6 d. – 2) ein Marterwerkzeug, Synes.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
gant.
Étymologie: δάκτυλος.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

δακτυλήθρα -ας, ἡ [δάκτυλος] handschoen.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

δακτῠλήθρα: ἡ рукавица, перчатка Xen.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

δακτῠλήθρα: ἡ, (δάκτυλος) θήκη διὰ τὸν δάκτυλον, Ξεν. Κύρ. 8. 8, 17, Κλέαρχ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 6D· εἶδος βασανιστικοῦ ὀργάνου, Ἰώσηπ. Μακκ. 8. 12, Συνέσ. Ἐπ. 58.

Greek Monolingual

η
βλ. δαχτυλήθρα.

Greek Monotonic

δακτῠλήθρα: ἡ (δάκτυλος), προστατευτικό του δακτύλου, εξάρτημα για προστασία δαχτύλου ράφτη ή μοδίστρας, δαχτυλήθρα (ό,τι και στη Ν.Ε.), σε Ξεν.

Middle Liddell

δάκτυλος
a finger-sheath, Xen.

Wikipedia EN

The thumbscrew is a torture instrument which was first used in early modern Europe. It is a simple vice, sometimes with protruding studs on the interior surfaces. The crushing bars were sometimes lined with sharp metal points to puncture the nails and savagely stimulate the flesh of the nail beds. While the most common design operated upon a single thumb or big toe, cunningly-designed variants of the device could accommodate, for example, both big toes, all five fingers of one hand, or all ten toes.

The thumbscrew was also referred to as thumbkin or thumbikin (1675–1685), the "kin" part being a diminutive suffix of nouns. An alternate spelling was thumbikens. The terms pillywinks and pilnie-winks were also used. Other terms may have been applied as well.

Translations

thumbscrew

Catalan: aixafapolzes; Finnish: peukaloruuvi; French: poucette, grésillons; German: Daumenschraube; Ancient Greek: δακτυλήθρα; Irish: bís ordóige; Italian: schiaccia pollici; Spanish: empulgueras

ar: لولب الإبهام; cs: palečnice; de: Daumenschraube; en: thumbscrew; es: aplastapulgares; fi: peukaloruuvi; fr: grésillons; nl: duimschroef; pl: zgniatacz kciuków; pt: anjinhos; ru: тиски для больших пальцев; simple: thumbscrew; sv: tumskruv; tr: kelebek vidaları