COMPOUND: ῥοδοδάκτυλος, –ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘rosy-fingered’
ETYMOLOGY: noun stem ῥόδο- (ῥόδον, -ου) ‘rose’ + δάκτυλ-ος, -ου ‘finger’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 477; VI, 175; IX, 707; XXIII, 109; XXIV, 788; Od. II, 1; III, 404, 491; IV, 306, 431, 576; V, 121, 228; VIII, 1; IX, 152, 170, 307, 437, 560; X, 187; XII, 8, 316; XIII, 18; XV, 189; XVII, 1; XIX, 428; XXIII, 241
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. (target gender) sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: epith. of Ἠώς