ὀμφαλός

See also: ομφαλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃m̥bʰ-l̥-, from *h₃nebʰ- (“navel, center”). Cognates include Sanskrit नभ्य (nabhya), Latin umbilīcus, and Old English nafola (English navel).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

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

  1. (anatomy) navel
  2. umbilical cord
  3. anything shaped like a navel, hence:
    1. knob or boss in the middle of the shield
    2. button or knob on the horse's yoke to fasten the reins to
    3. plug or valve closing the outlet of bath
    4. (in the plural) knobs at each end of the stick round which books were rolled
  4. centre or middle point
  5. (botany) centre of a plant, containing the seed vessel
  6. centre of an army, properly the point at which an army is divided into two wings
  7. (architecture) keystone of an arched vault
  8. (at Corycus) vault, tomb

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.

Derived terms
  • ἐπομφᾰ́λῐος (epomphálios)
  • μεσόμφᾰλος (mesómphalos)
  • ὀμφᾰλητόμος (omphalētómos)
  • ὀμφᾰλοειδής (omphaloeidḗs)
  • ὀμφᾰλόεις (omphalóeis)
  • ὀμφᾰλόκᾰρπος (omphalókarpos)
  • ὀμφᾰλώδης (omphalṓdēs)
  • ὀμφᾰλωτός (omphalōtós)
  • ὀμφᾰλῐκός (omphalikós)
  • ὀμφᾰ́λῐον (omphálion)
  • ὀμφᾰλῐ́ς (omphalís)
  • ὀμφᾰλῐστήρ (omphalistḗr)
  • πνευμᾰτόμφᾰλος (pneumatómphalos)
  • σᾰρκόμφᾰλον (sarkómphalon)
  • ὑδρόμφᾰλος (hudrómphalos)

Descendants
  • Greek: αφαλός m (afalós), ομφαλός m (omfalós, “navel”)

Further reading
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