Omphalium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀμφάλιον (Omphálion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /omˈpʰa.li.um/, [ɔmˈpʰälʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /omˈfa.li.um/, [omˈfäːlium]

Proper noun

Omphalium n sg (genitive Omphaliī or Omphalī); second declension

1. one of the inland cities of the Chaones in Epirus

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Omphalium
Genitive	Omphaliī Omphalī1
Dative	Omphaliō
Accusative	Omphalium
Ablative	Omphaliō
Vocative	Omphalium
Locative	Omphaliī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “omphalium-geo02”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly