Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δακτυλιογλυφία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δακτυλιογλυφία

Etym.: from daktulioglu/fos

Sense

  1. the art of cutting gems

Examples

  • καὶ γυμναστικῇ μὲν χειρῶν, δακτυλιογλυφίᾳ δὲ τῶν τῆσ χειρόσ; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 154:11)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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