Ὀμφάλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Most likely from ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Proper noun

Ὀμφᾰ́λη • (Omphálē) f (genitive Ὀμφᾰ́λης); first declension

1. Omphale, a woman in Greek mythology
2. Omphale, the previous name of Daedalium, Sicily

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ὀμφᾰ́λη; τῆς Ὀμφᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ὀμφᾰ́λη hē Omphálē
Genitive	τῆς Ὀμφᾰ́λης tês Omphálēs
Dative	τῇ Ὀμφᾰ́λῃ têi Omphálēi
Accusative	τὴν Ὀμφᾰ́λην tḕn Omphálēn
Vocative	Ὀμφᾰ́λη Omphálē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ομφάλη (Omfáli)
• Georgian: ომფალე (ompale)
• Icelandic: Omfale
• Italian: Onfale
• Latin: Omphalē
• Russian: Омфа́ла (Omfála)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019