umbilicus mundi

umbilicus mundi

Latin

Noun

umbilīcus mundī m (genitive umbilīcī 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	umbilīcus mundī	umbilīcī mundī
Genitive	umbilīcī mundī	umbilīcōrum mundī
Dative	umbilīcō mundī	umbilīcīs mundī
Accusative	umbilīcum mundī	umbilīcōs mundī
Ablative	umbilīcō mundī	umbilīcīs mundī
Vocative	umbilīce mundī	umbilīcī mundī