dactylus dactylī m

1. 1

   a sort of muscle

2. 2

   a kind of grape

3. 3

   a sort of grass

4. 4

   a precious stone

5. 5

   the date

6. 6

   a dactyl (¯ ˘ ˘), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; this came to be in an allusion to the three joints of the finger