umbilicus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>umbĭlīcus</b>: i, m. [[akin]] to [[ὀμφαλός]]>,<br /><b>I</b> the [[navel]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Cels. 7, 14; 6, 17; Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220; Liv. 26, 45, 8; Auct. B. Afr. 85, 1; Isid. Orig. 11, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The umbilical [[cord]], Cels. 7, 29, § 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[middle]], [[centre]]: [[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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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: 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[projection]] in the [[middle]] of plants, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 89; 16, 7, 10, § 29; 18, 14, 36, § 136; Pall. Nov. 7, 8. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> A [[small]] [[circle]], Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 78; 18, 33, 76, § 327.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> The [[pin]] or [[index]] on a [[sundial]], Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212; 2, 72, 74, § 182.—<br /> A [[kind]] of [[sea]]-[[snail]], [[sea]]-[[cockle]], Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22; Val. Max. 8, 8, 1; Aur. Vict. Vit. Caes. 3.—<br /> Umbilicus Veneris, the [[herb]] navelwort, App. Herb. 43.