1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Dactyl
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DACTYL (from Gr. δάκτυλος, a finger), in prosody, a long syllable followed by two short (see Verse).
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DACTYL (from Gr. δάκτυλος, a finger), in prosody, a long syllable followed by two short (see Verse).