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Headword:
*)omfalhtomi/a
Adler number: omicron,316
Translated headword: cutting the umbilical cord, omphalotomy
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. This term arises] when the midwives cut off the umbilical cord of the infant. And these [midwives] are called o)mfalhto/moi ["omphalotomists"].[1]
Also [sc. attested is] o)mfa/lion, [meaning] the boss of the shield.[2] "To Zeus Nikagoras dedicated this broken boss of the shield with which he kept his left side while he prevailed in battle."[3]
Greek Original:*)omfalhtomi/a: o(/te ai( mai=ai to\n o)mfalo\n tou= bre/fous a)pote/mnousi. kai\ au)tai\ de\ o)mfalhto/moi le/gontai. kai\ *)omfa/lion, o( o)mfalo\s th=s a)spi/dos. *zhni\ to/d' o)mfa/lion sa/keos tru/fos, w(=| e)pi\ laia\n e)/sxen a)risteu/wn, a)/nqeto *nikago/ras.
Notes:
[1] Likewise in
Photius,
Lexicon omicron323 Theodoridis, apparently from Aelius
Dionysius; cf.
Pollux 2.169, 4.208. See also
omicron 318. The variant
o)mfalotomi/a also occurs.
[2] cf.
omicron 317.
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.84.1-2 (Paul the Silentiary).
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 6 January 2010@01:05:22.
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