digitus salutaris
τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία → But of those who make it through, following orders is what saves most of their lives (Sophocles, Antigone 675f.)
Translations
forefinger
Albanian: gisht tregues; Arabic: سَبَّابَة; Egyptian Arabic: سبابة; Aramaic: ܡܛܘܚܬܐ; Armenian: ցուցամատ; Basque: hatz erakusle; Belarusian: паказальны палец; Bengali: শাহাদাত আঙ্গুল; Bikol Central: muro; Breton: biz-yod; Brunei Malay: jari talunjuk; Bulgarian: показалец; Burmese: လက်ညှိုး; Catalan: índex; Cebuano: tudlo; Chinese Cantonese: 食指; Hakka: 蛇頭指, 蛇头指, 指人指, 拈食指; Hokkien: 二指, 指指, 食指, 報路, 报路; Mandarin: 食指, 二拇指, 二指, 示指, 二拇哥; Coptic: ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲡⲛⲓ; Cornish: bys rag; Czech: ukazovák, ukazováček; Danish: pegefinger; Dolgan: ыйар чөмүйэ, иистэнэр чөмүйэ; Dutch: wijsvinger; Esperanto: montra fingro, montrofingro; Estonian: nimetissõrm; Faroese: fremstifingur; Finnish: etusormi; French: index; Galician: furabolos, índice; Georgian: სალოკი თითი, საჩვენებელი თითი; German: Zeigefinger; Greek: δείκτης, λιχανός; Ancient Greek: λιχανός; Hebrew: אצבע מורה; Hindi: देशिनी, तर्जनी अँगुली, तर्जनी; Hungarian: mutatóujj; Hunsrik: Zeichefinger; Icelandic: vísifingur, sleikifingur, bendifingur, vísiputti; Ilocano: tammudo; Indonesian: jari telunjuk, tarjani; Ingrian: ensimäin sormi, reunimain sormi; Interlingua: digito indice, indice; Italian: indice, dito indice; Japanese: 人差し指, 食指; Javanese: driji panuduh, driji panuding; Kapampangan: panuldu; Korean: 검지, 집게손가락; Kurdish Central Kurdish: دۆشاومِژە; Latin: index, digitus salutaris; Latvian: rādītājpirksts; Lotud: gontuduk; Lule Sami: tjutjuk; Macedonian: показалец; Malay: jari telunjuk; Malayalam: ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ; Maltese: saba' l-werrej; Manchu: ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᡵᡤᡝ; ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ, ᠮᠣᠴᠣ; ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ, ᠵᠣᡵᡳᡵᡝ; ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ; Maori: kōroa, takoroa, takonui; Mokilese: jaidsomw; Mongolian Cyrillic: долоовор хуруу; Mongolian: ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠤᠪᠤᠷ; ᠬᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ; Navajo: álaʼ tsostsʼidí; Ngazidja Comorian: sha shahada; Nias: turu luo; Norman: preunmié dé, arideigt; Northern Sami: čuvdi; Norwegian Bokmål: pekefinger; Nynorsk: peikefinger; Old English: sċytefinger; Ottoman Turkish: سبابه, شهادت پرمغی; Pangasinan: tamuro; Pannonian Rusyn: указуюци палєц; Plautdietsch: Wiesfinja; Polish: palec wskazujący inan; Portuguese: dedo indicador, indicador, índice, dedo índex, índex; Romanian: deget arătător, arătător; Russian: указательный палец; Scottish Gaelic: corrag, sgealbag, sgealb, colgag, meurag, meur-meomhair, sgolgag; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ка̀жипрст; Roman: kàžiprst; Sindhi: ڏسڻي; Skolt Sami: čuõjjiǩ; Slovak: ukazovák; Slovene: kazalec; Southern Kalinga: pattuchu; Spanish: índice, dedo índice; Sundanese: curuk; Swahili: kidole cha shahada; Swedish: pekfinger; Tagalog: hintuturo; Telugu: చూపుడువేలు, తర్జని; Tetum: liman fuan hatudu; Thai: นิ้วชี้; Tigrinya: ኣመልካቲቶ; Turkish: işaret parmağı; Turkmen: süýem barmak; Ukrainian: вказі́вний палець; Vietnamese: ngón tay trỏ; Welsh: mynegfys; West Coast Bajau: temboro'; West Frisian: foarste finger, wiisfinger; Yakut: сөмүйэ; Yup'ik: keniun, tekeq, tengayuq; Zhuang: lwgfwngzyinx, fwngzyinx
