omphalosn.

Brit.

/ˈɒmfəlɒs/, U.S.

/ˈɑmfəˌlɑs/

Inflections: Plural omphaloi;

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὀμϕαλός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀμϕαλός navel, centre, hub, round stone in the temple of Apollo at Delphi supposed to mark the centre of the earth, knob or boss (ultimately cognate with navel n.). In quot. 1847 at sense 2a via German Omphalos (1830 in the source translated).

1. The centre, heart, or hub of a place, organization, sphere of activity, etc. Cf. navel n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre

middleeOE

mideOE

midwardOE

middleheada1325

pointc1330

midsa1382

meanc1390

middleward1431

midstc1450

centrea1500

centrya1535

navel1604

umbilic1607

meditullium1611

half-way1634

umbrila1636

amidst1664

eye1671

umbil1688

omphalos1845

mid-career1911

middle-middle1926

1845 T. De Quincey Suspiria de Profundis in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 279/2 If not of the earth, for earth's tenant Jerusalem was the omphalos of mortality.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xii It is the very omphalos, cynosure, and soul, around which the town..has organised itself.

1895 Expositor Aug. 153 Jerusalem..became to their imagination the spiritual omphalos of the world.

1922 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 52 140 The camp, to which all else is referred, is in itself a holy thing, an omphalos, as Dr. Marett has aptly named it.

1964 Hist. Jrnl. 7 177 Such history of the ‘Malay World’..is tolerable only on the antiquated assumption..that the global omphalos is some medieval monastery.

1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music (1983) i. 52 Tittering deep in the omphalos of that magnificent flesh factory?

2. Ancient Greek Archaeology

a. With the. In the temple of Apollo at Delphi: a sacred stone of a rounded conical shape, supposed to mark the centre of the earth; also omphalos stone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre > fabled central point of earth

omphalos1847

society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > stone

omphalos1847

1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art 384 Apollo sitting on the tripod and with his feet on the omphalos [Ger. Omphalos].

1870 W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. of Greece II. ii. iv. 23 The Omphalos, or navel-stone, marked out the Pythian sanctuary as the spiritual centre of the Hellenes.

1895 P. Gardner in P. Gardner & F. B. Jevons Man. Greek Antiq. ii. i. 70 Zeus set forth two eagles from the two ends of the earth and they met at Delphi, whence the Omphalos at Delphi was regarded as the centre of the world.

1925 F. J. Fielden tr. M. P. Nilsson Hist. Greek Relig. iv. 109 In the stone a power resided, and it was therefore annointed..and received a cult. The famous omphalos at Delphi is a stone of this nature.

1954 R. B. Onions Origins of European Thought ii. x. 281 Such a seat of inspiration was the oracular omphalos stone, identified with the Earth-goddess at Delphi.

1994 R. Fisher Birmingham River 14 I've held my hands to the displaced Omphalos-stone, the single centre, Not of the planet, but of the earth's shifting Surface, the live map.

b. Any sacred stone of rounded conical shape, esp. one dedicated to Apollo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > stone

baetyl1854

omphalos1915

1915 Classical Philol. 10 463 Certain other cults of Apollo and Asclepius..in which omphaloi occur.

1937 Hesperia 6 110 Among the dedications to Apollo we may safely include two omphaloi which were found together in a late Roman level at the northeast corner of the Metroon.

1983 Hesperia 52 270 Both omphaloi and phratries are commonly associated with Apollo.

†3. A boss on a shield. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > shield > [noun] > boss

bossc1405

summita1425

umbo1721

omphalos1857

1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 410 Some shields have their omphalos, or boss, sculptured to represent a head of Pan.

4. Archaeology. A raised prominence in the base of a cup, dish, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > artefacts

scyphus1722

ceraunite1814

skyphos1847

shaft-hole1852

ostracon1853

scramasax1862

shard1865

ovate1872

omphalos1884

stop-ridge1894

tsung1904

pygmy flint1907

spacer1907

dotaku1908

yuan1912

roughout1913

rostro-carinate1919

shawabti1922

racloir1923

shoe-last1927

sleeve1929

ard1931

proto-biface1967

1884 H. Schliemann Troja iii. 93 A copper cup with an omphalos.

1923 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 13 126 Shallow bowls with omphalos and incurved rim of early La Tène age.

1954 R. B. Girshman Iran From Earliest Times to Islamic Conquest ii. 109 In the centre [of this dish], which is an omphalos, is a rosette of sixteen petals in the shape of elongated lozenges.

1998 Z. H. Archibald Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace vii. 179 Where omphaloi do appear on Persian bowls they are shallow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	omphalos
释义	omphalosn. Brit. /ˈɒmfəlɒs/, U.S. /ˈɑmfəˌlɑs/ Inflections: Plural omphaloi; Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὀμϕαλός. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀμϕαλός navel, centre, hub, round stone in the temple of Apollo at Delphi supposed to mark the centre of the earth, knob or boss (ultimately cognate with navel n.). In quot. 1847 at sense 2a via German Omphalos (1830 in the source translated). 1. The centre, heart, or hub of a place, organization, sphere of activity, etc. Cf. navel n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre middleeOE mideOE midwardOE middleheada1325 pointc1330 midsa1382 meanc1390 middleward1431 midstc1450 centrea1500 centrya1535 navel1604 umbilic1607 meditullium1611 half-way1634 umbrila1636 amidst1664 eye1671 umbil1688 omphalos1845 mid-career1911 middle-middle1926 1845 T. De Quincey Suspiria de Profundis in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 279/2 If not of the earth, for earth's tenant Jerusalem was the omphalos of mortality. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xii It is the very omphalos, cynosure, and soul, around which the town..has organised itself. 1895 Expositor Aug. 153 Jerusalem..became to their imagination the spiritual omphalos of the world. 1922 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 52 140 The camp, to which all else is referred, is in itself a holy thing, an omphalos, as Dr. Marett has aptly named it. 1964 Hist. Jrnl. 7 177 Such history of the ‘Malay World’..is tolerable only on the antiquated assumption..that the global omphalos is some medieval monastery. 1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music (1983) i. 52 Tittering deep in the omphalos of that magnificent flesh factory? 2. Ancient Greek Archaeology a. With the. In the temple of Apollo at Delphi: a sacred stone of a rounded conical shape, supposed to mark the centre of the earth; also omphalos stone. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre > fabled central point of earth omphalos1847 society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > stone omphalos1847 1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art 384 Apollo sitting on the tripod and with his feet on the omphalos [Ger. Omphalos]. 1870 W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. of Greece II. ii. iv. 23 The Omphalos, or navel-stone, marked out the Pythian sanctuary as the spiritual centre of the Hellenes. 1895 P. Gardner in P. Gardner & F. B. Jevons Man. Greek Antiq. ii. i. 70 Zeus set forth two eagles from the two ends of the earth and they met at Delphi, whence the Omphalos at Delphi was regarded as the centre of the world. 1925 F. J. Fielden tr. M. P. Nilsson Hist. Greek Relig. iv. 109 In the stone a power resided, and it was therefore annointed..and received a cult. The famous omphalos at Delphi is a stone of this nature. 1954 R. B. Onions Origins of European Thought ii. x. 281 Such a seat of inspiration was the oracular omphalos stone, identified with the Earth-goddess at Delphi. 1994 R. Fisher Birmingham River 14 I've held my hands to the displaced Omphalos-stone, the single centre, Not of the planet, but of the earth's shifting Surface, the live map. b. Any sacred stone of rounded conical shape, esp. one dedicated to Apollo. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > stone baetyl1854 omphalos1915 1915 Classical Philol. 10 463 Certain other cults of Apollo and Asclepius..in which omphaloi occur. 1937 Hesperia 6 110 Among the dedications to Apollo we may safely include two omphaloi which were found together in a late Roman level at the northeast corner of the Metroon. 1983 Hesperia 52 270 Both omphaloi and phratries are commonly associated with Apollo. †3. A boss on a shield. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > shield > [noun] > boss bossc1405 summita1425 umbo1721 omphalos1857 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 410 Some shields have their omphalos, or boss, sculptured to represent a head of Pan. 4. Archaeology. A raised prominence in the base of a cup, dish, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > artefacts scyphus1722 ceraunite1814 skyphos1847 shaft-hole1852 ostracon1853 scramasax1862 shard1865 ovate1872 omphalos1884 stop-ridge1894 tsung1904 pygmy flint1907 spacer1907 dotaku1908 yuan1912 roughout1913 rostro-carinate1919 shawabti1922 racloir1923 shoe-last1927 sleeve1929 ard1931 proto-biface1967 1884 H. Schliemann Troja iii. 93 A copper cup with an omphalos. 1923 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 13 126 Shallow bowls with omphalos and incurved rim of early La Tène age. 1954 R. B. Girshman Iran From Earliest Times to Islamic Conquest ii. 109 In the centre [of this dish], which is an omphalos, is a rosette of sixteen petals in the shape of elongated lozenges. 1998 Z. H. Archibald Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace vii. 179 Where omphaloi do appear on Persian bowls they are shallow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1845
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