Ὀμφάλη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Most likely from ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “naval”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /om.pʰá.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /omˈpʰa.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /omˈɸa.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /omˈfa.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /omˈfa.li/
Proper noun
Ὀμφᾰ́λη • (Omphálē) f (genitive Ὀμφᾰ́λης); first declension
- Omphale, a woman in Greek mythology
- Omphale, the previous name of Daedalium, Sicily
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ὀμφᾰ́λη; τῆς Ὀμφᾰ́λης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ὀμφᾰ́λη hē Omphálē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ὀμφᾰ́λης tês Omphálēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ὀμφᾰ́λῃ têi Omphálēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ὀμφᾰ́λην tḕn Omphálēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ὀμφᾰ́λη Omphálē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ομφάλη (Omfáli)
- Icelandic: Omfale
- Italian: Onfale
- Latin: Omphalē
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019