"dactylus" meaning in Latin

See dactylus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdak.ty.lus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈd̪äkt̪ʏɫ̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈdak.ti.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈd̪äkt̪ilus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|δάκτυλος|t=a finger, a dactyl}} Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”) Head templates: {{la-adj|dactylus}} dactylus (feminine dactyla, neuter dactylum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|dactylus}} Forms: dactyla [feminine], dactylum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], dactylus [masculine, nominative, singular], dactyla [feminine, nominative, singular], dactylum [neuter, nominative, singular], dactylī [masculine, nominative, singular], dactylae [feminine, nominative, plural], dactyla [neuter, nominative, plural], dactylī [genitive, masculine, singular], dactylae [feminine, genitive, singular], dactylī [genitive, neuter, singular], dactylōrum [genitive, masculine, singular], dactylārum [feminine, genitive, plural], dactylōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], dactylō [dative, masculine, singular], dactylae [dative, feminine, singular], dactylō [dative, neuter, singular], dactylīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], dactylum [accusative, masculine, singular], dactylam [accusative, feminine, singular], dactylum [accusative, neuter, singular], dactylōs [accusative, masculine, singular], dactylās [accusative, feminine, plural], dactyla [accusative, neuter, plural], dactylō [ablative, masculine, singular], dactylā [ablative, feminine, singular], dactylō [ablative, neuter, singular], dactylīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], dactyle [masculine, singular, vocative], dactyla [feminine, singular, vocative], dactylum [neuter, singular, vocative], dactylī [masculine, singular, vocative], dactylae [feminine, plural, vocative], dactyla [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (New Latin) finger-like; fingered. Tags: New-Latin, adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-dactylus-la-adj-GLU~ReSm Categories (other): New Latin

Noun

IPA: /ˈdak.ty.lus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈd̪äkt̪ʏɫ̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈdak.ti.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈd̪äkt̪ilus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|δάκτυλος|t=a finger, a dactyl}} Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”) Head templates: {{la-noun|dactylus<2>}} dactylus m (genitive dactylī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dactylus<2>}} Forms: dactylī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dactylus [nominative, singular], dactylī [nominative, plural], dactylī [genitive, singular], dactylōrum [genitive, plural], dactylō [dative, singular], dactylīs [dative, plural], dactylum [accusative, singular], dactylōs [accusative, plural], dactylō [ablative, singular], dactylīs [ablative, plural], dactyle [singular, vocative], dactylī [plural, vocative]
  1. a sort of muscle Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-dactylus-la-noun-AecDt~Bt
  2. a kind of grape Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms (kind of grape): dactylis
    Sense id: en-dactylus-la-noun-D8fuDtTg Disambiguation of 'kind of grape': 0 100 0 0 0 0
  3. a sort of grass Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-dactylus-la-noun-LKzzYEDn
  4. a precious stone Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-dactylus-la-noun-YNEr6vSX
  5. the date Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-dactylus-la-noun-tXHp-h66
  6. (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 Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-dactylus-la-noun-e-a-8Svu Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 2 2 3 2 84 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 9 13 13 13 15 15 21 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "datil",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Basque: datil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Basque: datil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "dàtil"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: dàtil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: dàtil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "datle",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: datle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: datle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "daddel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: daddel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: daddel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "dadel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: dadel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: dadel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "date",
            "3": "dactyl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: date, dactyl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: date, dactyl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "taateli",
            "3": "daktyyli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: taateli, daktyyli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: taateli, daktyyli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "datte",
            "3": "dactyle",
            "bor2": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "French: datte, → dactyle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: datte, → dactyle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Dattel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Dattel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Dattel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "datolya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: datolya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: datolya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "daðla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: daðla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: daðla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "dáta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: dáta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: dáta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "dattero",
            "3": "dattilo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: dattero, dattilo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: dattero, dattilo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "datele",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: datele",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: datele"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "daddel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: daddel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: daddel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "daktyl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: daktyl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: daktyl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "datla"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: datla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: datla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "deit",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: deit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: deit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "datelj",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Slovene: datelj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Slovene: datelj"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "dátil",
            "3": "dáctilo",
            "bor2": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: dátil, → dáctilo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: dátil, → dáctilo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "dadel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: dadel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: dadel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Dactylis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Dactylis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Dactylis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δάκτυλος",
        "t": "a finger, a dactyl"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dactylus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "dactylus m (genitive dactylī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dactylus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sort of muscle"
      ],
      "id": "en-dactylus-la-noun-AecDt~Bt",
      "links": [
        [
          "muscle",
          "muscle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a kind of grape"
      ],
      "id": "en-dactylus-la-noun-D8fuDtTg",
      "links": [
        [
          "grape",
          "grape"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "sense": "kind of grape",
          "word": "dactylis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sort of grass"
      ],
      "id": "en-dactylus-la-noun-LKzzYEDn",
      "links": [
        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a precious stone"
      ],
      "id": "en-dactylus-la-noun-YNEr6vSX",
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the date"
      ],
      "id": "en-dactylus-la-noun-tXHp-h66",
      "links": [
        [
          "date",
          "date"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Poetry",
          "orig": "la:Poetry",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Literature",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 2 2 2 3 2 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 13 13 13 15 15 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-dactylus-la-noun-e-a-8Svu",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "dactyl",
          "dactyl"
        ],
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ],
        [
          "finger",
          "finger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "poetry",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdak.ty.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪äkt̪ʏɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdak.ti.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪äkt̪ilus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dactylus"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Grapholita dactyla",
            "2": "species"
          },
          "expansion": "Grapholita dactyla",
          "name": "taxlink"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Lepanthes dactyla",
            "2": "species"
          },
          "expansion": "Lepanthes dactyla",
          "name": "taxlink"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Porroglossum dactylum",
            "2": "species"
          },
          "expansion": "Porroglossum dactylum",
          "name": "taxlink"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: Grapholita dactyla, Lepanthes dactyla, Porroglossum dactylum"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δάκτυλος",
        "t": "a finger, a dactyl"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dactylus"
      },
      "expansion": "dactylus (feminine dactyla, neuter dactylum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dactylus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "New Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "finger-like; fingered."
      ],
      "id": "en-dactylus-la-adj-GLU~ReSm",
      "links": [
        [
          "finger",
          "finger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin) finger-like; fingered."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdak.ty.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪äkt̪ʏɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdak.ti.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪äkt̪ilus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dactylus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin autological terms",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms spelled with Y",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "datil",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Basque: datil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Basque: datil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "dàtil"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: dàtil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: dàtil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "datle",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: datle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: datle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "daddel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: daddel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: daddel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "dadel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: dadel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: dadel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "date",
            "3": "dactyl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: date, dactyl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: date, dactyl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "taateli",
            "3": "daktyyli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: taateli, daktyyli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: taateli, daktyyli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "datte",
            "3": "dactyle",
            "bor2": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "French: datte, → dactyle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: datte, → dactyle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Dattel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Dattel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Dattel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "datolya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: datolya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: datolya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "daðla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: daðla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: daðla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "dáta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: dáta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: dáta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "dattero",
            "3": "dattilo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: dattero, dattilo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: dattero, dattilo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "datele",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: datele",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: datele"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "daddel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: daddel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: daddel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "daktyl",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: daktyl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: daktyl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "datla"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: datla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: datla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "deit",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: deit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: deit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "datelj",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Slovene: datelj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Slovene: datelj"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "dátil",
            "3": "dáctilo",
            "bor2": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: dátil, → dáctilo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: dátil, → dáctilo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "dadel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: dadel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: dadel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Dactylis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Dactylis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Dactylis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δάκτυλος",
        "t": "a finger, a dactyl"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dactylus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "dactylus m (genitive dactylī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dactylus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sort of muscle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "muscle",
          "muscle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a kind of grape"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grape",
          "grape"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sort of grass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a precious stone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the date"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "date",
          "date"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Poetry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "dactyl",
          "dactyl"
        ],
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ],
        [
          "finger",
          "finger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "poetry",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdak.ty.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪äkt̪ʏɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdak.ti.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪äkt̪ilus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "kind of grape",
      "word": "dactylis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dactylus"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin autological terms",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms spelled with Y",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Grapholita dactyla",
            "2": "species"
          },
          "expansion": "Grapholita dactyla",
          "name": "taxlink"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Lepanthes dactyla",
            "2": "species"
          },
          "expansion": "Lepanthes dactyla",
          "name": "taxlink"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Porroglossum dactylum",
            "2": "species"
          },
          "expansion": "Porroglossum dactylum",
          "name": "taxlink"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: Grapholita dactyla, Lepanthes dactyla, Porroglossum dactylum"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δάκτυλος",
        "t": "a finger, a dactyl"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger, a dactyl”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactylae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dactyla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dactylus"
      },
      "expansion": "dactylus (feminine dactyla, neuter dactylum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dactylus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "New Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "finger-like; fingered."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finger",
          "finger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin) finger-like; fingered."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdak.ty.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪äkt̪ʏɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdak.ti.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪äkt̪ilus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dactylus"
}

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