βραχυδάκτυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”) +‎ δᾰ́κτῠλος (dắktŭlos, “finger”)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bra.kʰy.dák.ty.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bra.kʰyˈdak.ty.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βra.çyˈðak.ty.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vra.çyˈðak.ty.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vra.çiˈðak.ti.los/

Adjective

βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλος • (brăkhŭdắktŭlos) m or f (neuter βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον); second declension

short-fingered, brachydactylous
- 90 CE – 144 CE, Polemon of Laodicea, Phgn. 86

Declension

Second declension of βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλος; βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλος brăkhŭdắktŭlos	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brăkhŭdắktŭlon	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλοι brăkhŭdắktŭloi	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ brăkhŭdắktŭlă
Genitive	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λου brăkhŭdăktŭ́lou	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λου brăkhŭdăktŭ́lou	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brăkhŭdăktŭ́loin	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brăkhŭdăktŭ́loin	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λων brăkhŭdăktŭ́lōn	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λων brăkhŭdăktŭ́lōn
Dative	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λῳ brăkhŭdăktŭ́lōi	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λῳ brăkhŭdăktŭ́lōi	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brăkhŭdăktŭ́loin	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοιν brăkhŭdăktŭ́loin	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοις brăkhŭdăktŭ́lois	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λοις brăkhŭdăktŭ́lois
Accusative	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brăkhŭdắktŭlon	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brăkhŭdắktŭlon	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λους brăkhŭdăktŭ́lous	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ brăkhŭdắktŭlă
Vocative	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλε brăkhŭdắktŭle	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλον brăkhŭdắktŭlon	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λω brăkhŭdăktŭ́lō	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλοι brăkhŭdắktŭloi	βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλᾰ brăkhŭdắktŭlă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠ́λως brăkhŭdăktŭ́lōs		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠλώτερος brăkhŭdăktŭlṓteros		βρᾰχῠδᾰκτῠλώτᾰτος brăkhŭdăktŭlṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: brachydactylus

References

“βρᾰχῠδάκτῠλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
βραχυδάκτυλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
βραχυδάκτυλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
βραχυδάκτυλος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften