δάκτυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to Latin digitus. Probably Pre-Greek. Note Boeotian δακκύλιος (dakkulios).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /dáktylos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /dáktylos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ðáktylos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ðáxtylos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ðáxtilos/

Noun

δάκτυλος (genitive δακτύλου) m, second declension; (daktulos)

1. finger
   1. toe
2. measure of length, the breadth of a finger, about 7/10 of an inch
   1. dactyl, a metrical foot
   2. (in the plural) a dance
3. date (fruit)
   1. type of grape

Inflection

Second declension of δάκτυλος, δακτύλου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	δάκτυλος	δακτύλω	δάκτυλοι
Genitive	δακτύλου	δακτύλοιν	δακτύλων
Dative	δακτύλῳ	δακτύλοιν	δακτύλοις
Accusative	δάκτυλον	δακτύλω	δακτύλους
Vocative	δάκτυλε	δακτύλω	δάκτυλοι

Poetic Greek uses δάκτυλα (daktula) as a plural.

Descendants

• Russian: да́ктиль (dáktil')

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Strong’s concordance number: G1147