-finger,
δάκτῠλος,ὁ, poet. pl.
A.
δάκτυλα
Theoc. 19.3
, AP 9.365 ( Jul. Imp.), also Arist. Phgn. 810a22 :-finger, ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι τοὺς μῆναςto reckon onthe 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. PA 687b17
: 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, withoutποδός,
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 greattoe,
Plu. Pyrrh. 3 . b. ofthe toesof 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
AP 12.50
( Asclep. ): Astron.,digit,i.e. twelfth part of the sun's or moon's apparent diameter, Cleom. 2.3 .
III. metrical foot,dactyl,-^ ^, Pl. R. 400b ; ῥυθμὸς κατὰ δάκτυλον
Ar. Nu. 651
;δ. κατ' ἵαμβον, diiambus,
Aristid.
Quint. 1.17 .
2. δάκτυλοι,οἱ,adance,
Ath. 14.629d .
IV. date,fruit of theφοῖνιξ,
Arist. Mete. 342a10 , Artem. 5.89 .
2. kind ofgrape,
Plin. HN 14.15 ,Colum.3.2.1 .
3.
= ἄγρωστις , Plin. HN 24.182 .
V. Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοιmythicalwizardsandcraftsmenin 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 , IG 12(9).259.22 (Eretria).
2. δ. Ἰδαῖοι,
= γλυκυσίδη , Dsc. 3.140 .
b. fossil found in Crete, Plin. HN 37.170 .
VI. δ. θεοῦthehandof God, LXX Ex. 8.19 , cf. Ev.Luc. 11.20 . (Orig.Δάτκυλος,cf. Boeot.
δακκύλιος
Schwyzer 462
B 51 ;δατ- = d[ngnull]t,cf. Skt.a-datkas'toothless'.)
