δακκύλιος

δακκύλιος,

A v. δάκτυλος.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `finger' (also as measure etc.), `toes' (Ion.-Att.);

Other forms: Boeot. δακκύλιος (Tanagra)

Compounds: τετραδάκτυλος; ῥοδοδάκτυλος.

Derivatives: Rare dimin.: δακτυλίδιον (Ar.), δακτυλίσκος (Lebadeia), δακτυλίς (Steph. Med., Plin.); - δακτύλιος m. (- ον n.) `(finger)ring' (Sapph., Hdt.) with dimin. δακτυλίδιον (Delos III<sup>a</sup>, pap.), also δακτυλίδριον, - ίδρυον (pap., from - ύδριον [Chantr. Form. 72f.] dissimilated), δακτύληθρον (Them.; cf. Chantr. 373), δακτυλήθρα `glove with fingers' (X., Chantr. l.c.); - δακτυλῖτις plant name (Dsc.; after the root like a finger, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 37, Redard Les noms grecs en - της 70), δακτυλεύς name of a sea-fish (Ath.; Boßhardt Die Nomina auf - ευς 84f.). - Adj.: δακτυλ-ιαῖος `broad as a finger' (Hp.), δακτυλικός `belonging to the finger' (Ath.), δακτυλωτός `with fingers' (Ion.). - Denomin. δακτυλίζω `count with the fingers etc.' (H.) with δακτυλιστής (pap.) unknown profession.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: No etymology. Boeot. δακκύλιος, where - κκ- is hardly from - κτ-, rather from *δάτκυλος. Not to OHG zinko. Lat. digitus is also unclear. *δατκ-υλ- looks perfectly Pre-Greek: - κτ-, vowels α and υ.

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δακτύλιος [pron. full] [ῠ], [dialect] Boeot. [full] δακκύλιος (v. δάκτυλος), ὁ,

A ring, signet, Sapph.35, Hdt.2.38, Ar.Pl. 884, Pl.R. 359e; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δ. keeper of the signet, LXX To.1.22;

ὁ τῆς πόλεως δ. OGI229.88

(Smyrna, iii B. C.);

δ. φαρμακίτης Eup.87

, cf. Antiph.177.

II anything ringshaped, as,

1 felloe of a wheel, Poll.1.145.

2 anus, Dsc.1.70, Luc.Demon.17, PRyl.28.68 (iv A. D.).

3 pl., movable rings on a bit, X.Eq.10.9.

4 stone to which mooring-cables were attached, Hsch.

5 door-handle, Id.

6 end of the steering-paddle, Id.

δάκτῠλος, ὁ, poet. pl.

A

δάκτυλα Theoc.19.3

, AP9.365 (Jul. Imp.), also Arist.Phgn. 810a22: -finger, ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι τοὺς μῆνας to reckon on the fingers, Hdt.6.63;

ὁ μέγας δ.

the thumb,

Id.3.8

, Diog.Apoll.6;

ὁ μέσος Arist.PA 687b18

;

οἱλιχανοί Hp.Art.37

;

ὁ ἔσχατος Id.PA687b17

: prov.,

ἄκρῳ δ. γεύεσθαι Procop.Gaz.Ep. 31

;

οὐκ ἄξια ψόφου δακτύλων Clearch.5

.

2

οἱ δ. τῶν ποδῶν

the toes,

X.An.4.5.12

; and, without ποδός, Batr.45, Ar.Eq. 874, Arist. HA 494a12;

τὸ τῶν δ. μέγεθος ἐναντίως ἔχει ἐπί τε τῶν ποδῶν καὶ τῶν χειρῶν Id.PA 690a30

; ὁ μέσος δ. of a monkey, Id.HA 502b3; ὁ μείζων δ. the great toe, Plu.Pyrrh.3. b. of the toes of beasts, Arist.HA 498a34; of birds, Id.PA 695a22.

II a measure of length, finger's breadth, = about 7/10 of an inch, Hdt.1.60, al.;

πώνωμεν, δάκτυλος ἀμέρα Alc.41

;

δάκτυλος ἀώς AP12.50

(Asclep.): Astron., digit, i.e. twelfth part of the sun's or moon's apparent diameter, Cleom.2.3.

III metrical foot, dactyl, -?δάκτυλοςX ?δάκτυλοςX, Pl.R. 400b;

ῥυθμὸς κατὰ δάκτυλον Ar.Nu. 651

; δ. κατ' ἵαμβον, diiambus, Aristid. Quint.1.17.

2 δάκτυλοι, οἱ, a dance, Ath.14.629d.

IV date, fruit of the φοῖνιξ, Arist.Mete. 342a10, Artem.5.89.

2 kind of grape, Plin.HN14.15, Colum.3.2.1.

3 = ἄγρωστις, Plin.HN24.182.

V Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι mythical wizards and craftsmen in Crete (or Phrygia, D.S.17.7), attached to the cult of Rhea Cybele, Hes.Fr. 176, Pherecyd.47 J., S.Fr. 364, Str.8.3.30, D.S.5.64, IG12(9).259.22 ([place name] Eretria).

2 δ. Ἰδαῖοι, = γλυκυσίδη, Dsc.3.140.

b fossil found in Crete, Plin.HN37.170.

VI δ. θεοῦ the hand of God, LXX Ex.8.19, cf. Ev.Luc.11.20. (Orig. Δάτκυλος, cf. [dialect] Boeot.

δακκύλιος Schwyzer 462

B51; δατ- = d[ngnull]t, cf. Skt. a-datkas 'toothless'.)