dactyl

Senso (Inglese)

A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈdæktɪɫ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Learned borrowing from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”), three bones of the finger corresponding to three syllables. Doublet of dactylus and date.

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