ὀμφαλός

See also: ομφαλός

Ancient Greek

ὀμφᾰλός • (omphălós) m (genitive ὀμφᾰλοῦ); second declension

(anatomy) navel
umbilical cord
anything shaped like a navel, hence:
1. knob or boss in the middle of the shield
2. button or knob on the horse's yoke to fasten the reins to
3. plug or valve closing the outlet of bath
4. (in the plural) knobs at each end of the stick round which books were rolled
centre or middle point
(botany) centre of a plant, containing the seed vessel
centre of an army, properly the point at which an army is divided into two wings
(architecture) keystone of an arched vault
(at Corycus) vault, tomb

Second declension of ὁ ὀμφᾰλός; τοῦ ὀμφᾰλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀμφᾰλός ho omphălós	τὼ ὀμφᾰλώ tṑ omphălṓ	οἱ ὀμφᾰλοί hoi omphăloí
Genitive	τοῦ ὀμφᾰλοῦ toû omphăloû	τοῖν ὀμφᾰλοῖν toîn omphăloîn	τῶν ὀμφᾰλῶν tôn omphălôn
Dative	τῷ ὀμφᾰλῷ tōî omphălōî	τοῖν ὀμφᾰλοῖν toîn omphăloîn	τοῖς ὀμφᾰλοῖς toîs omphăloîs
Accusative	τὸν ὀμφᾰλόν tòn omphălón	τὼ ὀμφᾰλώ tṑ omphălṓ	τοὺς ὀμφᾰλούς toùs omphăloús
Vocative	ὀμφᾰλέ omphălé	ὀμφᾰλώ omphălṓ	ὀμφᾰλοί omphăloí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.