δάκτῠλος, ὁ,
poetry plural δάκτυλα [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
-finger, ἐπὶ δακτύλων συμβάλλεσθαι τοὺς μῆνας to reckon on
the fingers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
the thumb, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) οἱ δ. τῶν ποδῶν
the toes, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; and, without ποδός, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ μέσος δ. of a monkey, [
Refs]; ὁ μείζων δ. the great
toe, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]. b. of
the toes of beasts, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of birds, [
Refs]
II) a measure of length,
finger's breadth, = about 7/10 of an inch, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]: Astron,
digit, i.e. twelfth part of the sun's or moon's apparent diameter, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III) metrical foot,
dactyl,?~X?~X, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. κατ᾽ ἵαμβον,
diiambus, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III.2) δάκτυλοι, οἱ, a
dance, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV)
date, fruit of the φοῖνιξ, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV.2) kind of
grape, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV.3) ={ἄγρωστις}, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
V) Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι mythical
wizards and
craftsmen in Crete (or Phrygia, [
Refs 1st c.BC+], attached to the cult of Rhea Cybele, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
V.2) δ. Ἰδαῖοι, ={γλυκυσίδη}, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
V.2.b) fossil found in Crete, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
VI) δ. θεοῦ the
hand of God, [
LXX+NT] compare
Boeotian dialect δακκύλιος [
Refs]; δατ- =
d[ngnull]t, cf. Sanskrit
a-datkas 'toothless'.)