The corpus record

δακτῠλ-ικός

daktulikos

of, for the finger, played with the fingers

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What it meant — LSJ

of, for the finger, played with the fingers, for calculating

of or for the finger: αὐλὸς δ. a flute played with the fingers, Ath. 4.176f; δ. ψῆφος a stone for calculating, AP 11.290 (Pall.).

2 for the anus

for the anus, ἔμπλαστρος Orib. Fr. 83, Cass.Fel. 74.

II dactylic

dactylic, ῥυθμός Longin. 39.4, Heph. 4. Adv. -κῶς, ποδίζεσθαι Eust. 11.25.

III

= δακτυλιαῖος, διάστημα Theo Sm. p.125 H.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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