dactylicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dakˈty.lɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [dakˈtiː.li.kus]

Adjective

dactylicus (feminine dactylica, neuter dactylicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dactylic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dactylicus	dactylica	dactylicum		dactylicī	dactylicae	dactylica
genitive	dactylicī	dactylicae	dactylicī		dactylicōrum	dactylicārum	dactylicōrum
dative	dactylicō	dactylicae	dactylicō		dactylicīs
accusative	dactylicum	dactylicam	dactylicum		dactylicōs	dactylicās	dactylica
ablative	dactylicō	dactylicā	dactylicō		dactylicīs
vocative	dactylice	dactylica	dactylicum		dactylicī	dactylicae	dactylica

References

• “dactylicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dactylicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dactylicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary. Berlin: Langenschedit, 1966.