δακτύλιος

A. ring, signet, Sapph. 35, Hdt. 2.38, Ar. Pl. 884, Pl. R. 359e; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δ. keeper of the signet, LXX To. 1.22; ὁ τῆς πόλεως δ. OGI 229.88 (Smyrna, iii B. C.); δ. φαρμακίτης Eup. 87, cf. Antiph. 177.

II. anything ringshaped, as,

1. felloe of a wheel, Poll. 1.145.

2. anus, Dsc. 1.70, Luc. Demon. 17, PRyl. 28.68 (iv A. D.).

3. pl., movable rings on a bit, X. Eq. 10.9.

4. stone to which mooring-cables were attached, Hsch.

5. door-handle, Id.

6. end of the steering-paddle, Id.