English edit

Noun edit

dactylus (plural dactyli)

  1. Synonym of dactyl (type of metrical foot)

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑk.ti.lʏs/
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  • Hyphenation: dac‧ty‧lus

Noun edit

dactylus m (plural dactyli or dactylen)

  1. (poetry) dactyl

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, a finger, a dactyl).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dactylus m (genitive dactylī); second declension

  1. a sort of muscle
  2. a kind of grape
  3. a sort of grass
  4. a precious stone
  5. the date
  6. (poetry) a dactyl (¯ ˘ ˘), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; this came to be in an allusion to the three joints of the finger

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dactylus dactylī
Genitive dactylī dactylōrum
Dative dactylō dactylīs
Accusative dactylum dactylōs
Ablative dactylō dactylīs
Vocative dactyle dactylī

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Adjective edit

dactylus (feminine dactyla, neuter dactylum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) finger-like; fingered.

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dactylus dactyla dactylum dactylī dactylae dactyla
Genitive dactylī dactylae dactylī dactylōrum dactylārum dactylōrum
Dative dactylō dactylō dactylīs
Accusative dactylum dactylam dactylum dactylōs dactylās dactyla
Ablative dactylō dactylā dactylō dactylīs
Vocative dactyle dactyla dactylum dactylī dactylae dactyla

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References edit

  • dactylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dactylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dactylus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • dactylus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dactylus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin