ὀμφᾰλη-τόμος · omphalē-tomos — LSJ
cutting the navel-string, midwife
cutting the navel-string : as Subst. ὀ., ἡ, midwife, Ion. word for Att. μαῖα, Hippon. 12 Diehl, Hp. Mul. 1.46 : also ὀμφᾰλοτόμος, τριγόλας Sophr. 66.
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ὀμφᾰλη-τόμος
omphaletomos
cutting the navel-string
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