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ὀμφαλός

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

ὀμφαλός

Transliteration (Word)

omphalos

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

phallos

Author

Etym. Gudianum

Century

11 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etym. Gudianum, omicron, p. 428

Ed.

F.W. Sturz, Etymologicum Graecae linguae Gudianum et alia grammaticorum scripta e codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum edita, Leipzig: Weigel, 1818 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1973)

Quotation

Ὀμφαλός, κυρίως ἐπὶ τοῦ ἡμετέρου σώματος τὸ μέσον· καὶ εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ ὀμπνεῖν, ὅ ἐστιν ἀναμπνεῖν, παρ’ ὃ καὶ ὄμπνος ὁ δημητριακὸς καρπός· τὸ δὲ βρέφος κατὰ γαστρὸς ὂν διὰ τοῦ ὀμφάλου ἀναπνεῖ καὶ τρέφεται· μεταφορικῶς καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ζυγοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων τὸ μέσον. ἄλλως· ὀμφαλὸς, οἱ μὲν παρὰ τὸ φάλλῳ ἐοικέναι, ὅ ἐστι μηρίον· ἐκκρεμὴς γάρ ἐστιν ἐν ἀρχῇ, πρὸ τῆς ἀποτομῆς· οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ αὐτὸν εἱλεῖσθαι τὸ γεννώμενον· οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐμβρύων ἐμφύσεως· οἱ δὲ οἷον ὀπλαλὸν καὶ ὀμπαλὸν, δι’ οὗ τοῖς ὁμμορίοις ἡ ὀμπνὴ ἐπιχορηγεῖται, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἡ τροφή· διὸ καὶ τὴν Δήμητραν τὸν τρόφον οὖσαν, κυρίως Ὀμπνεῖαν Αἰολεῖς ὀνομάζουσι· καταχρηστικῶς δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων τὸ μέσον, ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τοῦ ἡμετέρου σώματος

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LSJ

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ὀμφαλός

Transliteration (Word)

omphalos

Etymon-lemma

LSJ-1 .

LSJ-2

Transliteration (Etymon)

amphi + eileō

Author

Etym. Gudianum

Century

11 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etym. Gudianum, omicron, p. 428

Ed.

F.W. Sturz, Etymologicum Graecae linguae Gudianum et alia grammaticorum scripta e codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum edita, Leipzig: Weigel, 1818 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1973)

Quotation

Ὀμφαλός, κυρίως ἐπὶ τοῦ ἡμετέρου σώματος τὸ μέσον· καὶ εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ ὀμπνεῖν, ὅ ἐστιν ἀναμπνεῖν, παρ’ ὃ καὶ ὄμπνος ὁ δημητριακὸς καρπός· τὸ δὲ βρέφος κατὰ γαστρὸς ὂν διὰ τοῦ ὀμφάλου ἀναπνεῖ καὶ τρέφεται· μεταφορικῶς καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ζυγοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων τὸ μέσον. ἄλλως· ὀμφαλὸς, οἱ μὲν παρὰ τὸ φάλλῳ ἐοικέναι, ὅ ἐστι μηρίον· ἐκκρεμὴς γάρ ἐστιν ἐν ἀρχῇ, πρὸ τῆς ἀποτομῆς· οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ αὐτὸν εἱλεῖσθαι τὸ γεννώμενον· οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐμβρύων ἐμφύσεως· οἱ δὲ οἷον ὀπλαλὸν καὶ ὀμπαλὸν, δι’ οὗ τοῖς ὁμμορίοις ἡ ὀμπνὴ ἐπιχορηγεῖται, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἡ τροφή· διὸ καὶ τὴν Δήμητραν τὸν τρόφον οὖσαν, κυρίως Ὀμπνεῖαν Αἰολεῖς ὀνομάζουσι· καταχρηστικῶς δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων τὸ μέσον, ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τοῦ ἡμετέρου σώματος

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

ὀμφαλός

Transliteration (Word)

omphalos

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

ompnē

Author

Scholia in Nicandrum

Source

idem

Ref.

Scholia et glossae in Nicandri Alexipharmaca 7b

Ed.

U.C. Bussemaker, Scholia et paraphrases in Nicandrum et Oppianum in Scholia in Theocritum (ed. F. Dübner), Paris: Didot, 1849: 260-364

Quotation

<ὀμφαλὸς γὰρ ἀπὸ τῆς ὄμπνης εἴρηται, ἥ ἐστι τροφή, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ἡ G1BRvAld> <θηλάζουσα G1> <Δημήτηρ Ὄμπνια G1BRvAld>, <αἰτία οὖσα τοῦ ἀναπνεῖν

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

ὀμφαλοῦ

Transliteration (Word)

omphalos

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

emphuō

Author

Soranus

Century

1-2 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Gynaeciorum libri iv 1.57.3

Ed.

J. Ilberg, Sorani Gynaeciorum libri iv, de signis fracturarum, de fasciis, vita Hippocratis secundum Soranum [Corpus medicorum Graecorum 4. Leipzig: Teubner, 1927]

Quotation

ἀπὸ μέντοι τῶν σαρκωδεστέρων [καὶ] τῶν κατὰ τὸν πυθμένα μερῶν ἄνωθεν ἀπομηκύνεταί τι σῶμα λεπτόν, ἐμφύεται δὲ κατὰ [τὸ] μέσον τὸ τῶν ἐμβρύων ἐπιγάστριον, ἔνθα τόπος ὀμφαλοῦ· καὶ αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ ἐμβρύων ἐμφυόμενον εἰς σῶμα καλοῦμεν ὀμφαλόν