βραχυδάκτυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

βρᾰχῠ́ς (brakhús, “short”) +‎ δᾰ́κτῠλος (dáktulos, “finger”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bra.kʰy.dák.ty.los/ → /βra.çyˈðak.ty.los/ → /vra.çiˈðak.ti.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bra.kʰy.dák.ty.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bra.kʰyˈdak.ty.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βra.çyˈðak.ty.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vra.çyˈðak.ty.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vra.çiˈðak.ti.los/

Adjective

βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλος • (brakhudáktulos) m or f (neuter βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον); second declension

1. short-fingered, brachydactylous
   • 90 CE – 144 CE, Polemon of Laodicea, Phgn. 86

Declension

Second declension of βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλος; βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλος brakhudáktulos	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brakhudáktulon		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brakhudaktúlō	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brakhudaktúlō		βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλοι brakhudáktuloi	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ brakhudáktula
Genitive		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λου brakhudaktúlou	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λου brakhudaktúlou		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brakhudaktúloin	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brakhudaktúloin		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λων brakhudaktúlōn	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λων brakhudaktúlōn
Dative		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λῳ brakhudaktúlōi	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λῳ brakhudaktúlōi		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brakhudaktúloin	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brakhudaktúloin		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοις brakhudaktúlois	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοις brakhudaktúlois
Accusative		βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brakhudáktulon	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brakhudáktulon		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brakhudaktúlō	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brakhudaktúlō		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λους brakhudaktúlous	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ brakhudáktula
Vocative		βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλε brakhudáktule	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brakhudáktulon		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brakhudaktúlō	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brakhudaktúlō		βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλοι brakhudáktuloi	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ brakhudáktula
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λως brakhudaktúlōs			βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠλώτερος brakhudaktulṓteros			βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠλώτᾰτος brakhudaktulṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: brachydactylus

References

• “βρᾰχῠδάκτῠλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βραχυδάκτυλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βραχυδάκτυλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• βραχυδάκτυλος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften