δακτύλιος, δακτυλίου, ὁ (from δάκτυλος, because decorating the fingers), a ring: Luk_15:22. (From Herodotus down.)

δακτύλιος daktylios 1x a ring for the finger, Luk_15:22

δακτύλιος , -ου , ὁ ( < δάκτυλος ), [in LXX chiefly for H2885 ;] a ring: Luk_15:22 .†

δακτύλιος [page 136] BGU III. 781 ii. 15 (i/A.D.) ἔχοντα καὶ ὠτάρια δακτύλια , P Oxy III. 497 .19 (a marriage-contract early ii/A.D.) τῆς τοῦ δακτυλίου ἐγλογῆς . A will of ii/A.D., PSI III. 240 .13 , concludes a list of γυναικεῖος κόσμος with δ [α ]κτύλιον χρυσοῦν , left to the writer s daughter. In the magical papyrus P Lond 46 .201 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 71) a spell is headed Ἑρμοῦ δακτύλιος κανθάρου ποίησις , The ring of Hermes and the preparation of the beetle. From the inscriptions we may cite OGIS 56 .23 (B.C. 239) ἐν τοῖς δακτυλίοις οἷς φοροῦσι (οἱ ἱερεῖς ), ib. 229 .88 (iii/B.C.) σφραγισάσθωσαν Σμυρνα [ίων ] οἵ τε στρατηγοὶ καὶ οἱ ἐξετασταὶ τῶι τε τῆς πόλεως δακτυλίωι καὶ τοῖς αὑτῶν . There are numerous occurrences in Syll : see Index. For the diminutive δακτυλίδιον , which is rejected by the Atticists, see BGU III. 843 .8 (i/ii A.D.) τό μοι δακτυλίδιον , ib. IV. 1104 .13 (B.C. 8), P Oxy X. 1273 .11 (A.D. 260) δακτυλίδιον μεικρὸν τετά [ρ ]ταις ἥμισυ , a small ring weighing ½ quarter. Δακτύλιος occurs with an anatomical sense in P Ryl I. 28 .68 (iv/A.D.) ἡ ἕδρα , δακτύλιος δὲ ὑπό τινων καλουμένη̣ : see LS. In MGr we have δαχτυλίδι , finger-ring.

δακτύλιος [Etym: δάκτυλος] "a ring, seal-ring", Hdt. , Ar.

δακτύλιος, -ου, ὁ (δάκτυλος), [in LXX chiefly for טַבַּעַת ;] a ring: Luk.15:22.† (AS)