umbilicus mundi
Latin edit
Noun edit
umbilīcus mundī m (genitive umbilīcī mundī); second declension
- 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,
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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, [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
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 |