δάκτυλος

δάκτυλος, ὁ, poet. pl. δάκτυλα Theoc. 19.3, AP 9.365 (Jul. Imp.), also Arist. Phgn. 810a22:- Α. 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; οἱ λιχανοί 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, 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, fingerʼs 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 sunʼs or moonʼs apparent diameter, Cleom. 2.3. III. metrical foot, dactyl, -⏑⏑, Pl. R. 400b; ῥυθμὸς κατὰ δάκτυλον Ar. Nu. 651; δ. κατʼ 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. HN 14.15, Colum.3.2.1. 3. = ἄγρωστις, Plin. HN 24.182. 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, IG 12(9).259.22 (Eretria). 2. δ. Ἰδαῖοι, = γλυκυσίδη, Dsc. 3.140. b. fossil found in Crete, Plin. HN 37.170. VI. δ. θεοῦ the hand of God, LXX Ex. 8.19, cf. Ev.Luc. 11.20. (Orig. Δάτκυλος, cf. Boeot. δακκύλιος Schwyzer 462B 51; δατ- = dṇt, cf. Skt. a-datkas ‘toothless’.)