dactyl
noun
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.
Dactyli
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pluralof Dactyl.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
dactyli
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pluralof dactylus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
dactylusnounan enlarged portion of the leg after the first joint in some insects, as the pollen-carrying segment in the hind leg of certain bees.
Example Sentences
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Their names and number were as indistinct even to the ancients as those of the Curetes and Idaean Dactyli.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
The mountains of Germany and Scandinavia are under the governance of a set of metallurgic divinities, who agree with the Cabiri, Hephæsti, Telchines, and Idæan Dactyli.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
Or drown the noise of the fond Dactyli By laughter loud?
From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More
In their rites, ceremonies, tricks and pretensions they closely resemble the Dactyli, Idæ and Curetes of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Magi of the Persians, and the Druids of Britain.
From Legends of the Northwest by Hanford Lennox Gordon
In their rites, ceremonies, tricks and pretensions they closely resemble the Dactyli, Idæ, and Curetes of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Magi of the Persians and the Druids of Britain.
From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Hanford Lennox Gordon
