ὀμφαλός
ὀμφᾰλός,
ὁ,
II). anything like a navel,
2). button or
knob in the middle of a yoke,
24.273 .
3). plug or
valve closing outlet of bath, Timarch. ap.
Ath. 11.501f ; cf.
βαλανειόμφαλος. III). centre or
middle point :
νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ, ὅθι τ’ ὀ. ἐστι θαλάσσης Od. 1.50 (only here in
Od.); later Delphi (or rather a round stone in the Delphic temple) was called
ὀ. as marking the
middle point of Earth, Pi. P. 4.74 ,
B. 4.4 ,
A. Eu. 40 ,
166 (lyr.), cf.
Pl. R. 427c ,
Str. 9.3.6 ,
Paus. 10.16.3 ; also of an altar at Megara,
Simon. 107.9 (=
IG 7.53 );
ἄστεος ὀ., at Athens,
Pi. Fr. 75.3 ;
νήσου ὀ., of Enna in Sicily, v.l. in
Call. Cer. 15 , cf.
Cic. Verr. 4.48.106 .
5). vault, tomb, MAMA 3.402 , 712 (Corycus).
IV). γῆς ὀ., = κοτυληδών , navel-wort, Cotyledon Umbilicus, Ps.- Dsc. 4.91 . (Cf. Lat. umbilicus, umbo, prob. from ombh- : Skt. nābhis, O E. nafel 'navel', apptly. from ombh-.)
ShortDef
the navel
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Headword (normalized):
ὀμφαλός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ομφαλος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-73955
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὀμφᾰλός</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">navel,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:525" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.525/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.525 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:568" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.568/canonical-url/"> 13.568 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.60 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">umbilical cord,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg038:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg038:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Superf.</span> 8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg035:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg035:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oct.</span> 10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.57 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 15.387 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">anything</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">like a navel,</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knob</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">boss,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.34 </a> ; esp. in middle of shield, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.192/canonical-url/"> 13.192 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">button</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knob</span> in the middle of a yoke, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:273" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.273/canonical-url/"> 24.273 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plug</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">valve closing outlet of bath,</span> Timarch. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:501f" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.501f/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 11.501f </a> ; cf. <span class="foreign greek">βαλανειόμφαλος.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knobs at ends of stick round which books wererolled,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg033:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg033:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Merc.Cond.</span> 41 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg028:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg028:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ind.</span> 7 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg028:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg028:16/canonical-url/"> 16 </a>,<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.540 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">centre</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle point</span> : <span class="quote greek">νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ, ὅθι τ’ ὀ. ἐστι θαλάσσης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.50 </a> (only here in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span></span>); later Delphi (or rather a round stone in the Delphic temple) was called <span class="foreign greek">ὀ.</span> as marking the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">middle point of Earth,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.74 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:4.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 4.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 40 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:166" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:166/canonical-url/"> 166 </a>(lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:427c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:427c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 427c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:3:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:3:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 9.3.6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:16:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:16:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 10.16.3 </a> ; also of an altar at Megara, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:107:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:107.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> 107.9 </a> (= <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 7.53 </span>); <span class="foreign greek">ἄστεος ὀ.,</span> at Athens, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:75:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:75.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 75.3 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">νήσου ὀ.,</span> of Enna in Sicily, v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cer.</span> 15 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Verr.</span> 4.48.106 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">central part of a rose,</span> containing the seed-vessel, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:907a:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:907a.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 907a20 </a> ; of a pomegranate, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg033:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg033:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.Mul.</span> 44 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 12.649 </span> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knob</span> on an oak-gall, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:7:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:7:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 3.7.5 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">button-shaped stalk</span> of the fig, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 10.56.2 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">centre</span> of an army, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:1:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:1.126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 1.126 </a> ; prop. the point at which an army is divided into two wings, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ascl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 2.6 </span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg005:8:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg005:8.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 8.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001:7:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0546.tlg001:7.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 7.3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">keystone of an arched vault,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:399b:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:399b.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 399b30 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vault, tomb,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">MAMA</span> 3.402 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 712 </span> (Corycus). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">γῆς ὀ.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">κοτυληδών</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">navel-wort, Cotyledon Umbilicus,</span> Ps.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.91 </span>. (Cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">umbilicus, umbo,</span> prob. from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ombh-</span> : Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nābhis,</span> O<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nafel</span> \'navel\', apptly. from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ombh-.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}