ὀμφαλός

See also: ομφαλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃m̥bʰ-, a variant of *h₃nebʰ-. Cognates include Sanskrit नभ्य (nabhya), Latin umbilīcus, and Old English nafela (English navel).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὀμφᾰλός • (omphalós) m (genitive ὀμφᾰλοῦ); second declension

  1. The navel.
  2. Anything central (like a navel):
    The knob or boss in the middle of the shield.
    A button or knob on the horse's yoke to fasten the reins to.
    (in the plural) the knobs at each end of the stick round which books were rolled.
  3. The centre or middle point.
  4. The centre of a plant, containing the seed vessel.

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ὀμφᾰλός; τοῦ ὀμφᾰλοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὀμφᾰλός
ho omphalós		 τὼ ὀμφᾰλώ
tṑ omphalṓ		 οἱ ὀμφᾰλοί
hoi omphaloí
Genitive τοῦ ὀμφᾰλοῦ
toû omphaloû		 τοῖν ὀμφᾰλοῖν
toîn omphaloîn		 τῶν ὀμφᾰλῶν
tôn omphalôn
Dative τῷ ὀμφᾰλῷ
tôi omphalôi		 τοῖν ὀμφᾰλοῖν
toîn omphaloîn		 τοῖς ὀμφᾰλοῖς
toîs omphaloîs
Accusative τὸν ὀμφᾰλόν
tòn omphalón		 τὼ ὀμφᾰλώ
tṑ omphalṓ		 τοὺς ὀμφᾰλούς
toùs omphaloús
Vocative ὀμφᾰλέ
omphalé		 ὀμφᾰλώ
omphalṓ		 ὀμφᾰλοί
omphaloí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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