umbilicus mundi
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Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]umbilīcus mundī m (genitive umbilīcī mundī); second declension
- 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,
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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, [...]
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Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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 |