δακτυλόπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δᾰ́κτῠλος (dắktŭlos, “finger”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dak.ty.ló.puːs/ → /ðak.tyˈlo.pus/ → /ðak.tiˈlo.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dak.ty.ló.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dak.tyˈlo.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðak.tyˈlo.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðak.tyˈlo.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðak.tiˈlo.pus/

Noun

δᾰκτῠλόπους • (dăktŭlópous) m (genitive δᾰκτῠλόποδος); third declension

1. (anatomy) first phalanx

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δᾰκτῠλόπους; τοῦ δᾰκτῠλόποδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δᾰκτῠλόπους ho dăktŭlópous	τὼ δᾰκτῠλόποδε tṑ dăktŭlópode	οἱ δᾰκτῠλόποδες hoi dăktŭlópodes
Genitive	τοῦ δᾰκτῠλόποδος toû dăktŭlópodos	τοῖν δᾰκτῠλοπόδοιν toîn dăktŭlopódoin	τῶν δᾰκτῠλοπόδων tôn dăktŭlopódōn
Dative	τῷ δᾰκτῠλόποδῐ tôi dăktŭlópodĭ	τοῖν δᾰκτῠλοπόδοιν toîn dăktŭlopódoin	τοῖς δᾰκτῠλόποσῐ / δᾰκτῠλόποσῐν toîs dăktŭlóposĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν δᾰκτῠλόποδᾰ tòn dăktŭlópodă	τὼ δᾰκτῠλόποδε tṑ dăktŭlópode	τοὺς δᾰκτῠλόποδᾰς toùs dăktŭlópodăs
Vocative	δᾰκτῠλόπους dăktŭlópous	δᾰκτῠλόποδε dăktŭlópode	δᾰκτῠλόποδες dăktŭlópodes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “δακτυλόπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δακτυλόπους in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)