dactylus
ὦ διάνοια, ἐὰν ἐρευνᾷς τοὺς ἱεροφαντηθέντας λόγους μὲν θεοῦ, νόμους δὲ ἀνθρώπων θεοφιλῶν, οὐδὲν ταπεινὸν οὐδ᾽ ἀνάξιον τοῦ μεγέθους αὐτῶν ἀναγκασθήσῃ παραδέχεσθαι → if, O my understanding, thou searchest on this wise into the oracles which are both words of God and laws given by men whom God loves, thou shalt not be compelled to admit anything base or unworthy of their dignity
Latin > English
dactylus dactyli N M :: dactyl (metrical foot long-short-short); long (finger-like) grape/date/mollusk
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dactylus: i, m., = δάκτυλος (
I a finger, hence meton.).
I A sort of muscle: "ab humanorum unguium similitudine appellati," Plin. 9, 61, 87, § 184.—
II A kind of grape, Col. 3, 2, 1; called also dacty-lis, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 40.—
III A sort of grass, Plin. 24, 19, 119, § 182.—
A precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170.—
The date, Pall. Oct. 12, 1; Apic. 1, 1 al.—
In metre, a dactyl, ¯ ˘ ˘ (in allusion to the three joints of the finger), Cic. Or. 64, 217; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 9, 4, 81 et saep.—
Dactyli Idaei, Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι, a mythic body of men originally placed on Mt. Ida, in Phrygia, afterwards in the island of Crete; priests of Cybele, and as such regarded as identical with the Corybantes, and with the Samothracian Cabiri, Diom. p. 474 P.; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 197 (in pure Lat., Idaei Digiti, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dactўlŭs, ī, m. (δάκτυλος),
1 datte [fruit] : Plin. 13, 46
2 couteau de mer [sorte de coquillage] : Plin. 9, 184
3 sorte de grappe de raisin : Col. Rust. 3, 2, 1
4 sorte de graminée : Plin. 24, 182
5 sorte de pierre précieuse : Plin. 37, 170
6 [métrique] dactyle [composé d’une longue et deux brèves] : Cic. Or. 217 ; Quint. 9, 4, 81. dactulus Diocl. 6, 81.
Latin > German (Georges)
dactylus, ī, m. (δάκτυλος, eig. der »Finger«, dah. meton.), I) die Dattel, Plin. 13, 46. Pallad. 11, 12, 1: Form dactilus, Apic. 6, 230 (wo synkop. Genet. Plur. dactilûm): dactilorum ossa (Kerne), Apic. 1, 1: Form dactulus, wie dactuli Nicolai, Edict. Diocl. 6, 81 u. 82: u. dactulus = der Dattelbaum, Gromat. vet. 352, 2. – II) eine Art Weintrauben, s. dactylis. – III) eine Muschelart, Plin. 9, 184. – IV) eine Grasart (Panicum dactylon, L.), Plin. 24, 182. – V) ein Edelstein, Plin. 37, 170. – VI) in der Metrik der Versfuß – ñ ñ (so gen. nach den drei Fingergliedern), Cic. u.a. – VII) Dactylī Idaei (Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαιοι), uralte phrygische Dämonen, Priester der Cybele, mit deren Dienst nach Kreta versetzt u. mit den Corybantes identifiziert, Plin. 7, 197. Diom. 478, 16; rein lat. Idaei Digiti gen. Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 42.
