μεσόμφᾰλ-ος,ον,
A. in mid-navel, central, used esp. of Apollo's shrine at Delphi,μ. χρηστήρια, ἑστία, ἵδρυμα, μυχοί, μυχός, A. Th. 747 (lyr.), Ag. 1056 , Ch. 1036 , E. Or. 331 (lyr.), Aristonous 2.3 ; τὰ μ. γᾶς μαντεῖα
S. OT 480
(lyr.);λύχνου τὸ μ.the central boss, Batr. 129 ;μ. ἄστρον Ὀλύμπου, of Aries, Nonn. D. 1.181 .
II. with a navelorboss in the middle,κύκλος, of the letterΘ, Agatho 4 ; of aφιάλη, Ion Trag. 20 (lyr.), Theopomp.Com. 3 , Poll. 6.98 ; of a cake, Id. 2.169 .