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ὀμφᾰλη-τομία

omphaletomia · ἡ

cutting of the navel-string, midwifery

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ὀμφᾰλη-τομία · omphalē-tomia — LSJ

cutting of the navel-string, midwifery

cutting of the navel-string, midwifery, Pl. Tht. 149e :—also ὀμφᾰλοτομία, Arist. HA 587a9, Poll. 4.208 (v.l.), Sor. 1.80.

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