Posted on 02/06/2013 4:57:57 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, February 6, 2013-- omphalos
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
omphalos [om-fuh-luh s]
noun
1. (in the ancient world) a sacred conical object, especially a stone. The most famous omphalos at Delphi was assumed to mark the center of the earth
2. the central point
3. Literary: another word for navel
Origin: "sacred stone," 1850, from Gk., lit. "navel," also "hub" (as the center point), from PIE *ombh-alo-, from base *nobh-/*ombh- "navel" (see navel). The name of the rounded stone in the shrine at Delphi, regarded by the ancients as the center of the world.
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