κολοβοδάκτυλος means "truncated-length" (or "short-measured")
κολοβός = cut
δάκτυλος = measure
οὔτε Μάρκος ὁ κολοβοδάκτυλος ἀνήγγειλαν Mark the cut-lengthed does not announce is clearly identified as the equivalent of "τούτων γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐν τῷ κατὰ Μάρκον εὐαγγελίῳ γέγραπται" the things written in the (canonical) according to Mark.The measures of Herodotus are almost all drawn either from portions of the human body , or from bodily actions easily performable . His smallest measure is the δάκτυλος , or " finger's breadth , " four of which go to the palm or hand's breadth. https://books.google.com/books?id=tnE-A ... 22&f=false
I know. I know. Morton Smith forged the Letter to Theodore. I know.