βραχυδάκτυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”) +‎ δᾰ́κτῠλος (dắktŭlos, “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 • (brăkhŭdắktŭlos) 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 brăkhŭdắktŭlos	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brăkhŭdắktŭlon		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō		βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλοι brăkhŭdắktŭloi	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ brăkhŭdắktŭlă
Genitive		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λου brăkhŭdăktŭ́lou	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λου brăkhŭdăktŭ́lou		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brăkhŭdăktŭ́loin	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brăkhŭdăktŭ́loin		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λων brăkhŭdăktŭ́lōn	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λων brăkhŭdăktŭ́lōn
Dative		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λῳ brăkhŭdăktŭ́lōi	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λῳ brăkhŭdăktŭ́lōi		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brăkhŭdăktŭ́loin	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brăkhŭdăktŭ́loin		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοις brăkhŭdăktŭ́lois	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοις brăkhŭdăktŭ́lois
Accusative		βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brăkhŭdắktŭlon	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brăkhŭdắktŭlon		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λους brăkhŭdăktŭ́lous	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ brăkhŭdắktŭlă
Vocative		βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλε brăkhŭdắktŭle	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brăkhŭdắktŭlon		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō		βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλοι brăkhŭdắktŭloi	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ brăkhŭdắktŭlă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λως brăkhŭdăktŭ́lōs			βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠλώτερος brăkhŭdăktŭlṓteros			βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠλώτᾰτος brăkhŭdăktŭlṓtătos
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 (2006–2025)
• 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