Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεσόμφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεσόμφαλος μεσόμφαλον

Structure: μεσομφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. in mid-navel, central

Examples

  • ἀγράμματοσ γάρ τισ κἀνταῦθα δηλοῖ τὴν τοῦ Θησέωσ ἐπιγραφὴν οὕτωσ γραφῆσ ὁ πρῶτοσ ἦν μεσόμφαλοσ κύκλοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 80 2:5)

Synonyms

  1. in mid-navel

Related

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

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