ὀμφαλόεις

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οὐδ' ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι → nor will anything else divide us from our love before the fate of death enshrouds us (Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.1129f.)

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Transliteration A: omphalóeis Transliteration B: omphaloeis Transliteration C: omfaloeis Beta Code: o)mfalo/eis

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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.