nounsecond declension
umbilīcus mundī
umbilīcus mundī m (genitive umbilīcī mundī)
Meaning
- the 'navel of the world', an omphalos considered to be the axis mundi
Equidem terra ubique gentium ad umbilicum mundi fertur in hoc mundo,
1565, Lucilli Philalthaei, Philosophiae, Medicinaeq. Professoris Publici, ...:Est & vox haec translatitia ad medium cujusvis rei signandum, ut quum vocant Delphos Umbilicum mundi, videor & in Verrinis legere, [...]
1727, Pieter Burman, Sylloges epistolarum: a viris illustribus scriptarum tomi quinque:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | umbilīcus mundī | umbilīcī mundī |
| genitive | umbilīcī mundī | umbilīcōrum mundī |
| dative | umbilīcō mundī | umbilīcīs mundī |
| accusative | umbilīcum mundī | umbilīcōs mundī |
| ablative | umbilīcō mundī | umbilīcīs mundī |
| vocative | umbilīce mundī | umbilīcī mundī |