dactylus

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • a sort of muscle
  • a kind of grape
  • a sort of grass
  • a precious stone
  • the date
  • (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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (finger, a finger, toes, fingers, date, a dactyl).

Origin

Ancient Greek

δάκτυλος

Gloss

finger, a finger, toes, fingers, date, a dactyl

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

指

Emoji
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