umbilicus mundi

Latin

Noun

umbilīcus mundī m (genitive umbilīcī mundī); second declension

  1. the 'navel of the world', an omphalos considered to be the axis mundi
    • 1565, Lucilli Philalthaei, Philosophiae, Medicinaeq. Professoris Publici, ...:
      Equidem terra ubique gentium ad umbilicum mundi fertur in hoc mundo,
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    • 1727, Pieter Burman, Sylloges epistolarum: a viris illustribus scriptarum tomi quinque:
      Est & vox haec translatitia ad medium cujusvis rei signandum, ut quum vocant Delphos Umbilicum mundi, videor & in Verrinis legere, [...]
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Declension

Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative umbilīcus mundī umbilīcī mundī
Genitive umbilīcī mundī umbilīcōrum mundī
Dative umbilīcō mundī umbilīcīs mundī
Accusative umbilīcum mundī umbilīcōs mundī
Ablative umbilīcō mundī umbilīcīs mundī
Vocative umbilīce mundī umbilīcī mundī
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