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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀμφάλιον (Omphálion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Omphalium n sg (genitive Omphaliī or Omphalī); second declension
- one of the inland cities of the Chaones in Epirus
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “omphalium-geo02”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly