umbilicum mundi

umbilicum mundi

Latin

Noun

umbilicum mundī n (genitive umbilicī mundī); second declension

1. the 'navel of the world',an omphalos considered to be the axis mundi
   • 1565, Lucilli Philalthaei, Philosophiae, Medicinaeq. Professoris Publici, ...:

     Equidem terra ubique gentium ad umbilicum mundi fertur in hoc mundo,

   • 1727, Pieter Burman, Sylloges epistolarum: a viris illustribus scriptarum tomi quinque:

     Est & vox haec translatitia ad medium cujusvis rei signandum, ut quum vocant Delphos Umbilicum mundi, videor & in Verrinis legere, [...]

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	umbilicum mundī	umbilica mundī
Genitive	umbilicī mundī	umbilicōrum mundī
Dative	umbilicō mundī	umbilicīs mundī
Accusative	umbilicum mundī	umbilica mundī
Ablative	umbilicō mundī	umbilicīs mundī
Vocative	umbilicum mundī	umbilica mundī