dactyl

See also dactyl-

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (daktulos, “a finger”), three bones of the finger corresponding to three syllables.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdæktɪɫ/

Noun

dactyl (plural dactyls)

1. A poetical foot of three syllables (— ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

Translations

poetical foot of three syllables

• Armenian: ստեղն (hy) (steġn) 
• French: dactyle (fr) m
• German: Daktylus (de) m
• Italian: dattilo (it) m

• Latin: dactylus (la) m
• Polish: daktyl (pl) m
• Russian: дактиль (ru) (dáktil') m 
• Spanish: esdrújulo (es) m

See also

• anapest
• spondee
• finger