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            "lemma": "ὀμφαλός",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>οῦ (ὁ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰ]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> nombril, IL. <i>4, 525, etc. ;<\/i> HDT. <i>7, 60 ;<\/i> XÉN. <i>An. 4, 5, 2 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Leg. 925<\/i> a, <i>etc. ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. anal. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> partie bombée <i>ou<\/i> bosse, <i>qqf<\/i>. terminée en pointe, au centre extérieur d’un bouclier, IL. <i>13, 192 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> partie cintrée où s’attachent les traits au milieu du timon, IL. <i>24, 273 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> bouton servant à fixer un volume roulé, ANTH. <i>9, 540 ;<\/i> LUC. <i>M. cond. 41, Ind. 7 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      4<\/b> ombilique, <i>sorte de renfoncement au sommet ou à la base d’un fruit,<\/i> ARSTT. <i>Probl. 12, 7 ;<\/i> TH. <i>H.P. 3, 7, 5 ;<\/i> GEOP. <i>10, 56, 2 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      5<\/b> <i>plus souv<\/i>. point central, centre, milieu, OD. <i>1, 50 ; particul<\/i>. centre de la terre, <i>en parl. de Delphes,<\/i> PD. <i>P. 4, 74 ; 6, 3, etc. ; N. 7, 33 ;<\/i> ESCHL. <i>Eum. 166, etc. ;<\/i> SOPH. <i>O.R. 898 ;<\/i> EUR. <i>Med. 668,<\/i> centre d’une armée, POLL. <i>1, 126,<\/i> ASCLÉPIOD. EL. TACT.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>indo-europ<\/i>. *h₃enb<sup>h<\/sup>-, *h₃mb<sup>h<\/sup>-, *h₃neb<sup>h<\/sup>-, nombril ; <i>cf. lat<\/i>. umbilīcus, umbō ; <i>sscr<\/i>. nā́bhi-, <i>angl<\/i>. navel.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ὁ, <b>navel<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 4.525, 13.568, Hdt. 7.60, etc.<br\/><b>umbilical cord<\/b>, Hp. <i>Superf.<\/i> 8, <i>Oct.<\/i> 10, Sor. 1.57, Gal. 15.387.<br\/><b>anything like a navel, knob<\/b> or <b>boss<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 11.34 ; esp. in middle of shield, 13.192, etc.<br\/><b>button<\/b> or <b>knob<\/b> in the middle of a yoke, 24.273.<br\/><b>plug<\/b> or <b>valve closing outlet of bath<\/b>, Timarch. ap. Ath. 11.501f ; cf. βαλανειόμφαλος. pl., <b>knobs at ends of stick round which books wererolled<\/b>, Luc. <i>Merc. Cond.<\/i> 41, Ind. 7, 16, <i>AP<\/i> 9.540.<br\/><b>centre<\/b> or <b>middle point<\/b> ; νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ, ὅθι τ’ ὀ. ἐστι θαλάσσης <i>Od.<\/i> 1.50 (only here in <i>Od.<\/i>) ; later Delphi (or rather a round stone in the Delphic temple) was called ὀ. as marking the <b>middle point of Earth<\/b>, Pi. <i>P.<\/i> 4.74, B. 4.4, A. <i>Eu.<\/i> 40, 166 (lyr.), cf. Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 427c, Str. 9.3.6, Paus. 10.16.3 ; also of an altar at Megara, Simon. 107.9 (= IG 7.53) ; ἄστεος ὀ., at Athens, Pi. <i>Fr.<\/i> 75.3 ; νήσου ὀ., of Enna in Sicily, <font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font> in Call. <i>Cer.<\/i> 15, cf. Cic. <i>Verr.<\/i> 4.48.106.<br\/><b>central part of a rose<\/b>, containing the seed-vessel, Arist. <i>Pr.<\/i> 907a20 ; of a pomegranate, Hp. <i>Nat. Mul.<\/i> 44, Gal. 12.649 ; <b>knob<\/b> on an oak-gall, Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 3.7.5 ; <b>button-shaped stalk<\/b> of the fig, <i>Gp.<\/i> 10.56.2.<br\/><b>centre<\/b> of an army, Poll. 1.126 ; prop. the point at which an army is divided into two wings, Ascl.Tact. 2.6, cf. Arr. <i>Tact.<\/i> 8.4, Ael. <i>Tact.<\/i> 7.3.<br\/><b>keystone of an arched vault<\/b>, Arist. <i>Mu.<\/i> 399b30.<br\/><b>vault, tomb<\/b>, MAMA 3.402, 712 (Corycus). γῆς ὀ., = κοτυληδών, <b>navel-wort, Cotyledon Umbilicus<\/b>, Ps.-Dsc. 4.91. (Cf. Lat. <b>umbilicus, umbo<\/b>, prob. from <i>ombh-<\/i> ; Skt. <i>nābhis<\/i>, OE. <i>nafel<\/i> ΄navel΄, apptly. from <i>ombh-.<\/i>)"
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                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ὁ (vgl. ἄμβων, <i>umbo, umbilicus<\/i> ; die Ableitung der Alten von ἀμπνέω, weil die Frucht im Mutterleibe durch die Nabelschnur atme, ist falsch ; auch die von ὄμπνη, s. <i>Schol. Nic. Al<\/i>. 7.348, ist unwahrscheinlich), <i>der Nabel ; Il<\/i>. 4.425 u. öfter, αἰδοίων μεσσηγὺ καὶ ὀμφαλοῦ 13.568 ; Folgde : τοὐμφαλοῦ ὑπένερθε ἀλείψασθαι, Ar. <i>Nub<\/i>. 964 ; Her. 7.60 ; βρεχόμενοι πρὸς τὸν ὀμφαλόν, Xen. <i>An<\/i>. 4.5.2 ; Plat. erkl. κατὰ μέσην τὴν γαστέρα, ὃ δὴ τὸν ὀμφαλὸν καλοῦσι, <i>Symp<\/i>. 190e.<br\/><i>Alles Nabelförmige<\/i>,<br\/>   <b>a)<\/b> <i>der nabelförmig erhabene Teil in der Mitte des Schildes, der Schildbuckel<\/i> (vgl. ὀμφαλόεις), ἀσπίδος ὀμφαλόν, <i>Il<\/i>. 13.192, von Zinn, 11.34.<br\/>   <b>b)<\/b> <i>am Joch der Pferde buckelartige Erhöhungen, Knöpfe, zur Befestigung der Leinen, Il<\/i>. 24.273.<br\/>   <b>c)<\/b> <i>der nabelförmige Mittelpunkt<\/i>, immer mit dem Nebenbegriff einer Erhöhung, ὅθι τ' ὀμφαλός ἐστι θαλάσσης, <i>Od<\/i>. 1.50, von einer <i>Insel, die in der Mitte des Meeres hervorragt<\/i>. Der Nabel od. Mittelpunkt der Erde heißt von Pind. an gew. Delphi, od. eigtl. ein steinerner Sitz im delphischen Heiligtum, πὰρ μεσον ὀμφαλὸν εὐδένδροιο ματέρος <i>P<\/i>. 4.74, ὀμφαλὸν χθονὸς ἀένναον προσοιχόμενοι 6.3, ἰόντι γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν παρ' ἀοίδιμον 8.62, vgl. 11.10, <i>N<\/i>. 7.33 ; so auch Aesch. <i>Eum<\/i>. 40, 159, we Soph. οὐκέτι τὸν ἄθικτον εἶμιγᾶς ἐπ' ὀμφαλὸν σέβων, <i>O.R<\/i>. 898 ; ὀμφαλὸν γῆς θεσπεσιῳδόν, Eur. <i>Med<\/i>. 668, vgl. <i>Ion<\/i> 5, 223 ; ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀμφαλοῦ καθήμενος, Plat. <i>Rep<\/i>. IV.427c.<br\/>   <b>d)<\/b> bei Büchern, <i>Buckel<\/i> ; Luc. <i>Merc.cond<\/i>. 41 ; DL. 9.61.<br\/>   <b>e)<\/b> <i>der Stiel, an welchem die Feige sitzt, Geop<\/i>.; vgl. Arist. <i>Probl<\/i>. 12.7 ; auch von anderen Früchten."
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                    "dictionary": "TBESG",
                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": "1. <b>the navel <\/b>, Lat. <i>umbilicus<\/i>, (Iliad by Homer), etc. <br\/>2. <b>anything central (like a navel) <\/b>: <br\/>3. <b>the knob <\/b> or <b>boss in the middle <\/b> of the shield, Lat. <i>umbo<\/i>, (Iliad by Homer) <br\/>4. <b>a button <\/b> or <b>knob <\/b> on the horse's yoke to fasten the reins to, (Iliad by Homer) <br\/>5. in <i>plural<\/i> <b>the knobs at each end of the stick round which books were rolled <\/b>, Lat. <i>umbilici<\/i>, (Lucian) <br\/>6. <b>the centre <\/b> or <b>middle point <\/b>, as the island of Calypso is the ὀμφαλός of the sea, (Odyssey by Homer); and Delphi (or rather a round stone in the Delphic temple) was called ὀμφαλός <b>as marking the middle point of Earth <\/b>, (Pindar), etc. (ML)"
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