ὀμφαλόεις
From LSJ
τίς ἥδε κραυγὴ καὶ δόμων περίστασις; → what means this uproar and thronging about the house, what means the crowd standing round the house?
English (LSJ)
εσσα, εν,
A having a navel or boss, ἀσπίδος -οέσσης of the shield with a central boss, Il.6.118, Tyrt.12.25, cf.Ar.Pax1274 ; ζυγὸν-όεν yoke with a knob on the top, Il.24.269, cf. ὀμφαλός 11.2 ; οἰμωγὰς -οέσσας Ar.Pax1278 (by comic transference from ἀσπίδας ὀ. ib. 1274) ; συκέης πόσιν -όεσσαν, prob. referring to a peculiar kind of fig (called ὀμφάλειος by Phot.), Nic.Al.348 ; ἄρκτον-όεσσαν, because pointing to the pole (ὀμφαλός) of the heavens, ib.7.
