δακτυλόπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δᾰ́κτῠλος (dáktulos, “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 • (daktulópous) 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 daktulópous	τὼ δᾰκτῠλόποδε tṑ daktulópode	οἱ δᾰκτῠλόποδες hoi daktulópodes
Genitive	τοῦ δᾰκτῠλόποδος toû daktulópodos	τοῖν δᾰκτῠλοπόδοιν toîn daktulopódoin	τῶν δᾰκτῠλοπόδων tôn daktulopódōn
Dative	τῷ δᾰκτῠλόποδῐ tôi daktulópodi	τοῖν δᾰκτῠλοπόδοιν toîn daktulopódoin	τοῖς δᾰκτῠλόποσῐ / δᾰκτῠλόποσῐν toîs daktulóposi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δᾰκτῠλόποδᾰ tòn daktulópoda	τὼ δᾰκτῠλόποδε tṑ daktulópode	τοὺς δᾰκτῠλόποδᾰς toùs daktulópodas
Vocative	δᾰκτῠλόπους daktulópous	δᾰκτῠλόποδε daktulópode	δᾰκτῠλόποδες daktulópodes
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 (2006–2024)