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Dactyl
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from Gr. 86,eruXos, a finger), in prosody, a long syllable followed by two short(see Verse).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dactyl'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/dactyl.html. 1910.