Ὀμφάλιον

See also: ὀμφάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel; boss of a shield”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /om.pʰá.li.on/ → /omˈɸa.li.on/ → /omˈfa.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /om.pʰá.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /omˈpʰa.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /omˈɸa.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /omˈfa.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /omˈfa.li.on/

Proper noun

Ὀμφᾰ́λῐον • (Omphálion) n (genitive Ὀμφᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. Omphalium, Epirus, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Ὀμφᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ Ὀμφᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Ὀμφᾰ́λῐον tò Omphálion
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀμφᾰλῐ́ου toû Omphalíou
Dative	τῷ Ὀμφᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi Omphalíōi
Accusative	τὸ Ὀμφᾰ́λῐον tò Omphálion
Vocative	Ὀμφᾰ́λῐον Omphálion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ὀμφαλιῆες (Omphaliêes)

Descendants

• → Latin: Omphalium

Further reading

• Ὀμφάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette