δακτύλιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) ‎ -ιος (-ios, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dak.tý.li.os/ → /ðakˈty.li.os/ → /ðakˈti.li.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dak.tý.li.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dakˈty.li.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðakˈty.li.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðakˈty.li.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðakˈti.li.os/

Noun

δακτύλιος • (daktúlios) m (genitive δακτῠλίου); second declension

1. ring, finger ring, signet ring

Declension

Second declension of ὁ δᾰκτῠ́λῐος; τοῦ δᾰκτῠλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δᾰκτῠ́λῐος ho daktúlios	τὼ δᾰκτῠλῐ́ω tṑ daktulíō	οἱ δᾰκτῠ́λῐοι hoi daktúlioi
Genitive	τοῦ δᾰκτῠλῐ́ου toû daktulíou	τοῖν δᾰκτῠλῐ́οιν toîn daktulíoin	τῶν δᾰκτῠλῐ́ων tôn daktulíōn
Dative	τῷ δᾰκτῠλῐ́ῳ tôi daktulíōi	τοῖν δᾰκτῠλῐ́οιν toîn daktulíoin	τοῖς δᾰκτῠλῐ́οις toîs daktulíois
Accusative	τὸν δᾰκτῠ́λῐον tòn daktúlion	τὼ δᾰκτῠλῐ́ω tṑ daktulíō	τοὺς δᾰκτῠλῐ́ους toùs daktulíous
Vocative	δᾰκτῠ́λῐε daktúlie	δᾰκτῠλῐ́ω daktulíō	δᾰκτῠ́λῐοι daktúlioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: δακτύλιος (daktýlios)

Further reading

• “δακτύλιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δακτύλιος (daktúlios), diminutive of δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðaˈkti.ʎos/

Noun

δακτύλιος • (daktýlios) m (plural δακτύλιοι)

1. annular shape
2. (anatomy) annular structure in the mammalian digestive tract
3. (astronomy) ring

   δακτύλιοι του Κρόνου ― daktýlioi tou Krónou ― rings of Saturn

4. (mathematics) algebraic structure
5. (zoology) annular part of worm, insect or arthropod

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	δακτύλιος (daktýlios)	δακτύλιοι (daktýlioi)
genitive	δακτυλίου (daktylíou)	δακτυλίων (daktylíon)
accusative	δακτύλιο (daktýlio)	δακτυλίους (daktylíous)
vocative	δακτύλιε (daktýlie)	δακτύλιοι (daktýlioi)

See also

• αρένα f (aréna, “arena, bullring”)
• βέρα f (véra, “wedding or engagement ring”)
• δαχτυλίδι n (dachtylídi, “finger ring”)
• κύκλος m (kýklos, “circle”)
• περιφερειακός δρόμος m (perifereiakós drómos, “ring road”)
• πίστα f (písta, “ice rink, circus ring”)
• ριγκ n (rigk, “boxing ring”)
• τροχιά f (trochiá, “orbit”)
• φαύλος κύκλος m (fávlos kýklos, “vicious circle”)

Further reading

• δακτύλιος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el