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umbilicus

navel, centre

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Where it lives

Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
De Medicina 19 · 1.85/10k
Epigrammata 8 · 1.42/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 1 · 1.32/10k
Menaechmi 1 · 1.05/10k
Suasoriae 1 · 0.97/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 35 1 · 0.79/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
De Bello Africo 1 · 0.77/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 3 · 0.69/10k
Naturalis Historia 25 · 0.63/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. umbilicus — de Vaan

umbilicus 'navel, centre' [m. ο] (P1.+) Pit *omb-(e/o)U » *omb-elo- (or *ombi-» *ombi-lo-). PIE *ti3nbh-(e/o)l- 'navel'. IE cognates: Olr. imbliu 'navel' < PCL *embli-ion- < PIE *h3nbh-li-; Skt nabhya- [n.] 'hub (of wheel)', nabhi- [f] 'hub, centre, navel (of the body or the world), origin, relationship, family*, YAv. nabanazdista- 'next-of-kin', nqfa- [m.] 'navel, origin, blood relationship*, MP nafag 'navel', nqf … — [de Vaan, s.v. umbilicus, p. 653]

2. umbĭlīcus — Lewis & Short

umbĭlīcus, i, m.akin to o)mfalo/s,

I the navel.

I Lit., Cels. 7, 14; 6, 17; Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 220; Liv. 26, 45, 8; Auct. B. Afr. 85, 1; Isid. Orig. 11, 1.—

II Transf.

A The umbilical cord, Cels. 7, 29, § 41.—

B The middle, centre: dies quidem jam ad umbilicum est dimidiatus mortuus, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 45: qui locus, quod in mediā est insulā situs, umbilicus Siciliae nominatur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106: terrarum, i. e. Delphi, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 17 Müll.; and in Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115; also called umbilicus orbis terrarum, Liv. 38, 48, 2; and, umbilicus medius Graeciae, id. 41, 23, 13: qui (Aetoli) umbilicum Graeciae incolerent, id. 35, 18, 4: Italiae, Varr. ap. Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 100.—

C The projecting end of the cylinder on which an ancient book was rolled, Mart. 2, 6, 11; 1, 67, 11; 3, 2, 9; 5, 6, 15; 8, 61, 4; Cat. 22, 7: iambos ad umbilicum adducere, i. e. to bring to a close, Hor. Epod. 14, 8; cf.: ohe, jam satis est, ohe libelle: Jam pervenimus usque ad umbilicos, to the end, Mart. 4, 91, 2.—

D A projection in the middle of plants, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 89; 16, 7, 10, § 29; 18, 14, 36, § 136; Pall. Nov. 7, 8. —

E A small circle, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 78; 18, 33, 76, § 327.—

F The pin or index on a sundial, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212; 2, 72, 74, § 182.—

G A kind of sea-snail, sea-cockle, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22; Val. Max. 8, 8, 1; Aur. Vict. Vit. Caes. 3.—

H Umbilicus Veneris, the herb navelwort, App. Herb. 43.

In the wild

umbilico Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.9.p4
umbilicum Martial, Epigrammata 6.37.3
umbilicum Horace, Epodon 14.8
umbilicum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.34.p1
umbilicum Celsus, De Medicina 2.1.p9
umbilico Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.4.p8

6 of 84 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. umbilicus (scan p. 653; entry #1869). Root candidates: *omb-, *ombi-, *ti3nbh-.

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