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Metrical foot
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dactyl
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In Greek mythology , the Dactyls (pronounced ; from Greek Δάκτυλοι " fingers ") were the archaic mythical race of male beings associated with the Great Mother , whether as Cybele or Rhea . Their numbers vary, but often they were ten spirit-men so like ...
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n. a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding part in other vertebrates [syn: digit ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
metrical foot, late 14c., from Greek dactylos , literally "finger" (also "toe"), which is of unknown origin; the metrical use (a long syllable followed by two short ones) is by analogy with the three joints of a finger.
Usage examples of dactyl.
The dactyl could feel its blood, hot blood, coursing through its wings and mighty legs, could feel the twitching of its mighty muscles.
The dactyl flexed again and the crack widened, and then, with a sudden powerful burst, the beast blew apart the obsidian, stretched its great wings out to the side, clawed tips grasping and rending the air.
Theologians of Corona argued over whether the demon dactyl was the source or the result of evil.
Barbacan, in a deep cave in a mountain called Aida, the dactyl basked in the sensation of fear.
Scenes of angels conquering demons, of the mighty demon dactyl screaming in agony as its own lava poured over it, consuming it.
Know that the dactyl was defeated in that time long past after great cost, but gone, too, was our time in this world.
There could be no struggles for power among the mortal leaders of the various races when the dactyl sat on its obsidian throne.
Maiyer Dek brought in, the dactyl presented suits of armor, demon-forged in the twin lava flows of the throne room, full plated, thick and strong.
Brother Justice, fell to his wraith knees before the dactyl, bowed his head, and spoke.
He remembered the murmuring of the elves soon before his departure, the whispers of a dactyl demon awakened in the north.
Bestesbulzibar but realized he was powerless against the fiend, realized he had fallen to the dactyl and that he could not escape.
The elf sensed the presence of the demon dactyl as surely as the dactyl sensed him, felt the awfulness, the sheerest of evil, the coldest of deathly chill.
Perhaps her love was right, perhaps the dactyl was indeed inviting them in.
But the dactyl was not a stupid creature and could control its impulses, even those bent upon destruction, which the demon loved above all else.
They went around the bend, Avelyn stopping the magma river fully, the demon dactyl coming in sight.