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dactyl
1[ dak-til ]
noun
- Prosody. a foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short in quantitative meter, or one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter, as in gently and humanly. :
- a finger or toe.
Dactyl
2or Dak·tyl
[ dak-til ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
, plural Dac·tyls, Dac·tyl·i [dak, -ti-lahy].
- any of a number of beings dwelling on Mount Ida and working as metalworkers and magicians.
-dactyl
3- variant of -dactylous, especially with nouns:
pterodactyl.
dactyl
/ ˈdæktɪl /
noun
- Also calleddactylic prosody a metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short ( ) Compare bacchius
- zoology any digit of a vertebrate
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dactyl1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin dactylus < Greek dáktylos finger, a dactyl, referring to the three joints of the finger
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dactyl1
C14: via Latin from Greek daktulos finger, dactyl, comparing the finger's three joints to the three syllables
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Example Sentences
A Dactyl is a three-syllable foot accented on the first syllable.
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It will be noted that the dactyl is very closely related in expression to the trochee, and the anapest to the iambic.
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The proceleusmatic foot, or four short syllables, instead of the dactyl; scen.
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This foot, consisting of one accented syllable, followed by two unaccented syllables, is called a dactyl.
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The Dactyl, a foot of three syllables, the first long and the two last short, is used principally in the first place in the line.
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