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 [[toe]], <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., [[digit]], 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, [[dactyl]], -, <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>, [[diiambus]], Aristid. Quint.1.17. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">δάκτυλοι, οἱ,</b> a [[dance]], <span class="bibl">Ath.14.629d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[date]], 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 [[grape]], <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 [[wizards]] and [[craftsmen]] 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 [[hand]] 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>

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[finger]] (also as measure etc.), [[toes]] (Ion.-Att.);<br />Other forms: Boeot. <b class="b3">δακκύλιος</b> (Tanagra)<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">τετραδάκτυλος</b>; <b class="b3">ῥοδοδάκτυλος</b>.<br />Derivatives: Rare dimin.: <b class="b3">δακτυλίδιον</b> (Ar.), <b class="b3">δακτυλίσκος</b> (Lebadeia), <b class="b3">δακτυλίς</b> (Steph. Med., Plin.); - <b class="b3">δακτύλιος</b> m. (<b class="b3">-ον</b> n.) <b class="b2">(finger)ring</b> (Sapph., Hdt.) with dimin. <b class="b3">δακτυλίδιον</b> (Delos IIIa, pap.), also <b class="b3">δακτυλίδριον</b>, <b class="b3">-ίδρυον</b> (pap., from <b class="b3">-ύδριον</b> [Chantr. Form. 72f.] dissimilated), <b class="b3">δακτύληθρον</b> (Them.; cf. Chantr. 373), <b class="b3">δακτυλήθρα</b> <b class="b2">glove with fingers</b> (X., Chantr. l.c.); - <b class="b3">δακτυλῖτις</b> plant name (Dsc.; after the root like a finger, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 37, Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 70), <b class="b3">δακτυλεύς</b> name of a sea-fish (Ath.; Boßhardt Die Nomina auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 84f.). - Adj.: <b class="b3">δακτυλ-ιαῖος</b> <b class="b2">broad as a finger</b> (Hp.), <b class="b3">δακτυλικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the finger</b> (Ath.), <b class="b3">δακτυλωτός</b> <b class="b2">with fingers</b> (Ion.). - Denomin. <b class="b3">δακτυλίζω</b> <b class="b2">count with the fingers etc.</b> (H.) with <b class="b3">δακτυλιστής</b> (pap.) unknown profession.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: No etymology. Boeot. <b class="b3">δακκύλιος</b>, where <b class="b3">-κκ-</b> is hardly from <b class="b3">-κτ-</b>, rather from <b class="b3">*δάτκυλος</b>. Not to OHG [[zinko]]. Lat. [[digitus]] is also unclear. <b class="b3">*δατκ-υλ-</b> looks perfectly Pre-Greek: <b class="b3">-κτ-</b>, vowels <b class="b3">α</b> and <b class="b3">υ</b>.<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[date]] (Arist.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.<br />Etymology: From Semitic (Arab. [[daqal]] etc.), folketymologically reshaped to <b class="b3">δάκτυλος</b> because the leaf resembles a hand; s. Lewy Fremdw. 20f.