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ὀμφάλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀμφάλιος ὀμφάλιον

Structure: ὀμφαλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)mfalo/s

Sense

  1. having a boss, bossy

Examples

  • Ζηνὶ τόδ’ ὀμφάλιον σάκεοσ τρύφοσ, ᾧ ἔπι λαιὰν ἔσχεν ἀριστεύων, ἄνθετο Νικαγόρασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 841)
  • τὰσ φρένασ ἢν ἐθέλῃσ τὰσ Πυθαγόραο νοῆσαι, ἀσπίδοσ Εὐφόρβου βλέψον ἐσ ὀμφάλιον. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. a'. PUQAGORAS 45:2)

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

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