ὀμφαλόεις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀμφαλός (omphalós) +‎ -εις (-eis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /om.pʰa.ló.eːs/ → /om.ɸaˈlo.is/ → /om.faˈlo.is/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /om.pʰa.ló.eːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /om.pʰaˈlo.is/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /om.ɸaˈlo.is/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /om.faˈlo.is/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /om.faˈlo.is/

Adjective

ὀμφᾰλόεις • (omphalóeis) m (feminine ὀμφᾰλόεσσᾰ, neuter ὀμφᾰλόεν); first/third declension

1. having a boss or knob

Declension

First and third declension of ὀμφᾰλόεις; ὀμφᾰλόεσσᾰ; ὀμφᾰλόεν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀμφᾰλόεις omphalóeis	ὀμφᾰλόεσσᾰ omphalóessa	ὀμφᾰλόεν omphalóen		ὀμφᾰλόεντε omphalóente	ὀμφᾰλοέσσᾱ omphaloéssā	ὀμφᾰλόεντε omphalóente		ὀμφᾰλόεντες omphalóentes	ὀμφᾰλόεσσαι omphalóessai	ὀμφᾰλόεντᾰ omphalóenta
Genitive		ὀμφᾰλόεντος omphalóentos	ὀμφᾰλοέσσης omphaloéssēs	ὀμφᾰλόεντος omphalóentos		ὀμφᾰλοέντοιν omphaloéntoin	ὀμφᾰλοέσσαιν omphaloéssain	ὀμφᾰλοέντοιν omphaloéntoin		ὀμφᾰλοέντων omphaloéntōn	ὀμφᾰλοεσσῶν omphaloessôn	ὀμφᾰλοέντων omphaloéntōn
Dative		ὀμφᾰλόεντῐ omphalóenti	ὀμφᾰλοέσσῃ omphaloéssēi	ὀμφᾰλόεντῐ omphalóenti		ὀμφᾰλοέντοιν omphaloéntoin	ὀμφᾰλοέσσαιν omphaloéssain	ὀμφᾰλοέντοιν omphaloéntoin		ὀμφᾰλόεισῐ / ὀμφᾰλόεισῐν omphalóeisi(n)	ὀμφᾰλοέσσαις omphaloéssais	ὀμφᾰλόεισῐ / ὀμφᾰλόεισῐν omphalóeisi(n)
Accusative		ὀμφᾰλόεντᾰ omphalóenta	ὀμφᾰλόεσσᾰν omphalóessan	ὀμφᾰλόεν omphalóen		ὀμφᾰλόεντε omphalóente	ὀμφᾰλοέσσᾱ omphaloéssā	ὀμφᾰλόεντε omphalóente		ὀμφᾰλόεντᾰς omphalóentas	ὀμφᾰλοέσσᾱς omphaloéssās	ὀμφᾰλόεντᾰ omphalóenta
Vocative		ὀμφᾰλόεν omphalóen	ὀμφᾰλόεσσᾰ omphalóessa	ὀμφᾰλόεν omphalóen		ὀμφᾰλόεντε omphalóente	ὀμφᾰλοέσσᾱ omphaloéssā	ὀμφᾰλόεντε omphalóente		ὀμφᾰλόεντες omphalóentes	ὀμφᾰλόεσσαι omphalóessai	ὀμφᾰλόεντᾰ omphalóenta
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀμφᾰλοέντως omphaloéntōs				ὀμφᾰλοέστερος omphaloésteros				ὀμφᾰλοέστᾰτος omphaloéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀμφαλόεις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀμφαλόεις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὀμφαλόεις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὀμφαλόεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press