Ὀμφαλητομία
cutting the umbilical cord, omphalotomy
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Jan 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
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
Also [sc. attested is]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀμφαλητομία· ὅτε αἱ μαῖαι τὸν ὀμφαλὸν τοῦ βρέφους ἀποτέμνουσι. καὶ αὐταὶ δὲ ὀμφαλητόμοι λέγονται. καὶ Ὀμφάλιον, ὁ ὀμφαλὸς τῆς ἀσπίδος. Ζηνὶ τόδ' ὀμφάλιον σάκεος τρύφος, ᾧ ἐπὶ λαιὰν ἔσχεν ἀριστεύων, ἄνθετο Νικαγόρας.
Betacode
*)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 (3)
- 1Likewise 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. ↩ - 2cf. omicron 317. ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 6.84.1-2 (Paul the Silentiary). ↩
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- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- betacode typo — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth