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ἐπομφάλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπομφάλιος ἐπομφάλιᾱ ἐπομφάλιον

Structure: ἐπομφαλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)mfalo/s

Sense

  1. on the navel or central point, on the boss

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κτησάμενοσ ταύτησ ὄλβον ἀπ’ ἐργασίησ, Ἀρτιχανῆ ῥοιάν τε, καὶ ἀρτίχνουν τόδε μῆλον, καὶ ῥυτιδόφλοιον σῦκον ἐπομφάλιον, πορφύρεόν τε βότρυν μεθυπίδακα, πυκνορρᾶγα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 21 2:1)
  • τῷ βάλεν Αἰάντοσ δεινὸν σάκοσ ἑπταβόειον μέσσον ἐπομφάλιον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 24:11)

Synonyms

  1. on the navel or central point

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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