A systematic method of counting or calculating using fingers, especially ancient finger-counting systems used for mathematics and divination.
From Greek daktylos (finger) + nomos (law/system). This term describes organized finger-counting techniques used in antiquity before written numerals.
Roman merchants used dactylonomy to count money so fast it looked like magic—they had hand signals for every number up to millions, letting them negotiate prices without speaking.
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