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1 omphalos
omphălos, i, m., = omphalos, the navel (pure Lat. umbilicus); transf. for the centre (in post-class. poetry), Aus. Idyll. 11, 60. -
2 umbilicus
umbĭlīcus, i, m. [akin to omphalos], the navel.I.Lit., Cels. 7, 14; 6, 17; Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220; Liv. 26, 45, 8; Auct. B. Afr. 85, 1; Isid. Orig. 11, 1.—II.Transf.A.The umbilical cord, Cels. 7, 29, § 41.—B.The middle, centre:C.dies quidem jam ad umbilicum est dimidiatus mortuus,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 45:qui locus, quod in mediā est insulā situs, umbilicus Siciliae nominatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106: terrarum, i. e. Delphi, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 17 Müll.; and in Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115;also called umbilicus orbis terrarum,
Liv. 38, 48, 2;and, umbilicus medius Graeciae,
id. 41, 23, 13:qui (Aetoli) umbilicum Graeciae incolerent,
id. 35, 18, 4: Italiae, Varr. ap. Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 100.—The projecting end of the cylinder on which an ancient book was rolled, Mart. 2, 6, 11; 1, 67, 11; 3, 2, 9; 5, 6, 15; 8, 61, 4; Cat. 22, 7:D.iambos ad umbilicum adducere,
i. e. to bring to a close, Hor. Epod. 14, 8; cf.:ohe, jam satis est, ohe libelle: Jam pervenimus usque ad umbilicos,
to the end, Mart. 4, 91, 2.—A projection in the middle of plants, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 89; 16, 7, 10, § 29; 18, 14, 36, § 136; Pall. Nov. 7, 8. —E.A small circle, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 78; 18, 33, 76, § 327.—F.The pin or index on a sundial, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212; 2, 72, 74, § 182.—G.A kind of sea-snail, sea-cockle, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22; Val. Max. 8, 8, 1; Aur. Vict. Vit. Caes. 3.—H.Umbilicus Veneris, the herb navelwort, App. Herb. 43. -
3 umbo
umbo, ōnis, m. [kindr. with ambôn, omphalos, umbilicus; Germ. Nabel; Engl. navel]; prop. any convex elevation; hence,I.A boss of a shield, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 432 Vahl.); Verg. A. 2, 546:B.scutis magis quam gladiis geritur res: umbonibus incussāque alā sternuntur hostes,
Liv. 9, 41, 18.—Transf., a shield (in prose not ante-Aug.;II.syn. clipeus),
Verg. A. 7, 633; 9, 810; 10, 884; Sil. 4, 354; Liv. 4, 19, 5; 30, 34, 3; Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 24:junctae umbone phalanges,
Juv. 2, 46; cf. Luc. 6, 192:umbone se protegere,
Just. 33, 2.— Trop.:judicialis,
Val. Max. 8, 5, 4.—The elbow, Mart. 3, 46, 5; Stat. Th. 2, 670; Suet. Caes. 68 fin. —III.A promontory, Stat. Achill. 1, 408.—Hence, transf., Isthmius, the Isthmus of Corinth, Stat. Th. 7, 15. —IV.A projecting boundary-stone in fields, Stat. Th. 6, 352.—V. VI.The full part or swelling of a garment, Tert. Pall. 5.—Hence, transf.:umbo candidus,
a toga, Pers. 5, 33.
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