ὀμφαλός

ὀμφᾰλός, ὁ,

• navel, Il. 4.525, 13.568, Hdt. 7.60, etc.
• • • 2 umbilical cord, Hp. Superf. 8, Oct. 10, Sor. 1.57, Gal. 15.387.
  • II anything like a navel,
  • • 1 knob or boss, Il. 11.34; esp. in middle of shield, 13.192, etc.
    • 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.
    • 4 pl., knobs at ends of stick round which books were rolled, Luc. Merc.Cond. 41, Ind. 7, 16, AP 9.540.
  • III centre or middle point: νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ, ὅθι τʼ 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.
  • • 2 central part of a rose, containing the seed-vessel, Arist. Pr. 907a20; of a pomegranate, Hp. Nat.Mul. 44, Gal. 12.649; knob on an oak-gall, Thphr. HP 3.7.5; button-shaped stalk of the fig, Gp. 10.56.2.
    • 3 centre of an army, Poll. 1.126; prop. the point at which an army is divided into two wings, Ascl. Tact. 2.6, cf. Arr. Tact. 8.4, Ael. Tact. 7.3.
    • 4 keystone of an arched vault, Arist. Mu. 399b30.
    • 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, OE. nafel ‘navel’, apptly. from ombh-.)

ὀμφαλός, ὁ (vgl. ἄμβων, umbo, umbilicus ; die Ableitung der Alten von ἀμπνέω, weil die Frucht im Mutterleibe durch die Nabelschnur atme, ist falsch ; auch die von ὄμπνη, s. Schol. Nic. Al. 7.348, ist unwahrscheinlich), der Nabel ; Il. 4.425 u. öfter, αἰδοίων μεσσηγὺ καὶ ὀμφαλοῦ 13.568 ; Folgde : τοὐμφαλοῦ ὑπένερθε ἀλείψασθαι, Ar. Nub. 964 ; Her. 7.60 ; βρεχόμενοι πρὸς τὸν ὀμφαλόν, Xen. An. 4.5.2 ; Plat. erkl. κατὰ μέσην τὴν γαστέρα, ὃ δὴ τὸν ὀμφαλὸν καλοῦσι, Symp. 190e.
Alles Nabelförmige,
   a) der nabelförmig erhabene Teil in der Mitte des Schildes, der Schildbuckel (vgl. ὀμφαλόεις), ἀσπίδος ὀμφαλόν, Il. 13.192, von Zinn, 11.34.
   b) am Joch der Pferde buckelartige Erhöhungen, Knöpfe, zur Befestigung der Leinen, Il. 24.273.
   c) der nabelförmige Mittelpunkt, immer mit dem Nebenbegriff einer Erhöhung, ὅθι τʼ ὀμφαλός ἐστι θαλάσσης, Od. 1.50, von einer Insel, die in der Mitte des Meeres hervorragt. Der Nabel od. Mittelpunkt der Erde heißt von Pind. an gew. Delphi, od. eigtl. ein steinerner Sitz im delphischen Heiligtum, πὰρ μεσον ὀμφαλὸν εὐδένδροιο ματέρος P. 4.74, ὀμφαλὸν χθονὸς ἀένναον προσοιχόμενοι 6.3, ἰόντι γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν παρʼ ἀοίδιμον 8.62, vgl. 11.10, N. 7.33 ; so auch Aesch. Eum. 40, 159, we Soph. οὐκέτι τὸν ἄθικτον εἶμιγᾶς ἐπʼ ὀμφαλὸν σέβων, O.R. 898 ; ὀμφαλὸν γῆς θεσπεσιῳδόν, Eur. Med. 668, vgl. Ion 5, 223 ; ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀμφαλοῦ καθήμενος, Plat. Rep. IV.427c.
   d) bei Büchern, Buckel ; Luc. Merc.cond. 41 ; DL. 9.61.
   e) der Stiel, an welchem die Feige sitzt, Geop.; vgl. Arist. Probl. 12.7 ; auch von anderen Früchten.

ὀμφαλός

-οῦ, ὁ.

• • 1

    The navel: οὖτα παρʼ ὀμφαλόν Il. 4.525. Cf. Il. 13.568, Il. 20.416, Il. 21.180.

    Fig., the centre: νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ, ὅθι τʼ ὀ. ἐστι θαλάσσης Od. 1.50.

  • 2

    A boss on a shield Il. 11.34, Il. 13.192.

  • 3

    A boss on the yoke of a chariot Il. 24.273.

ὀμφᾰλός (acc. only.)

• 1navel
• • a of the Delphic shrine of Apollo. πὰρ μέσον ὀμφαλὸν εὐδένδροιο ματέρος P. 4.74 ὀμφαλὸν ἐριβρόμου χθονὸς ἐς νάιον προσοιχόμενοι P. 6.3 ἰόντι γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν παρʼ ἀοίδιμον P. 8.59 Πυθῶνά τε καὶ ὀρθοδίκαν γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν κελαδήσετʼ P. 11.10 παρὰ μέγαν ὀμφαλὸν εὐρυκόλπου μόλεν χθονός N. 7.33 χθονὸς ὀμφαλὸν παρὰ σκιάεντα Pae. 6.17 γᾶς παρʼ ὀμφαλὸν εὐρύν Pae. 6.120 ]ος ὀμφαλόν (εὐκάρπ[ου χθον]ὸς supp. Snell ex alio frag. papyri) fr. 215b. 12. test. Strabo, 9. 3. 6, καὶ ἐκάλεσαν τῆς γῆς ὀμφαλόν, προσπλάσαντες καὶ μῦθον, ὅν φησι Πίνδαρος, ὅτι συμπέσοιεν ἐνταῦθα οἱ αἰετοὶ οἱ ἀφεθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, ὁ μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς δύσεως, ὁ δʼ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνατολῆς fr. 54, cf. Paus., 10. 16. 3.
  • b centre, heart θεοί, πολύβατον οἵ τʼ ἄστεος ὀμφαλὸν θυόεντʼ ἐν ταῖς ἱεραῖς Ἀθάναις ὀιχνεῖτε πανδαίδαλον τʼ εὐκλέʼ ἀγοράν fr. 75. 3.

ὀμφαλός (cf. umbilicus): navel, Il. 4.525, Il. 21.180; fig., θαλάσσης, Od. 1.50; then (1) of a shield, boss, the projection in the centre ending in a button or point; pl., studs, serving as ornaments, Il. 11.34.—(2) of a yoke, knob, or pin, on the centre (see cut No. 45 α), Il. 24.273. The Assyrians had the same (see cut No. 51), while the Egyptians ornamented the ends of the yoke with a ball of brass. (See cut No. 92 on next page.)

ὀμφαλός .ὀμφᾰλός, οῦ, ὁ,

• • Ithe navel, Lat. umbilicus, Il., Hdt., etc.
  • IIanything central (like a navel):
  • • 1the knob or boss in the middle of the shield, Lat. umbo, Il.
    • 2a button or knob on the horseʼs yoke to fasten the reins to, Il.
    • 3in pl. the knobs at each end of the stick round which books were rolled, Lat. umbilici, Luc.
  • IIIthe centre or middle point, as the island of Calypso is the ὀμφαλός of the sea, Od.; and Delphi (or rather a round stone in the Delphic temple) was called ὀμφαλός as marking the middle point of Earth, Pind., Aesch., etc.