δάκτυλος

daktulos

Greek · noun

Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2024-11-03

Meanings

1. finger

Literal translation

finger

1. finger

1.a finger unit of celestial position

Φαέθων δ’ ὁ τοῦ Διὸς ἀστὴρ ὕψος ἀνατρέχων ἐπεῖχε Καρκίνου μοίρας ἕξ (...) ζῳδίωι Σελήνης, ὁρίοις καὶ ταπεινώματι Ἄρεως, τὸ δεύτερον στηρίζων, τοῦ ἐν τῶι νώιτωι λα̣μπροῦ ἀστέρος βορε̣ιότερος δακτύλο̣[ι]ς δυσί, ἡμιόλιός τε ὄγκωι καὶ προστάσσων

‘Phaethon, the star of Zeus (Jupiter), traversing its exaltation, had six degrees of Cancer (... which is) the zodiac sign of the Moon, in the terms and depression of Mars, making its second station, two fingers to the north of the bright star in the Back, and of one-and-a-half magnitude, and commanding’

— P.Lond. I 130 108–125

Genre: horoscope Date: 81 CE

(GH 81)

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). δάκτυλος (Lemma #786). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/786/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). δάκτυλος (Lemma #786). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/786/

MLA (9th)

Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). δάκτυλος (Lemma #786). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/786/

Harvard

Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) δάκτυλος (Lemma #786), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/786/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac786,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {δάκτυλος ({Lemma} #786)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/786/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/786/},
}