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spongĭa | spongĕa (noun F) = σπογγιά: or , , , = .
* Lit., a sponge, Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148; 31, 11, 47, § 123; Lucr. 4, 618; Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136; id. Sest. 35, 77; Varr. ap. Non. 96, 14; Mart. 12, 48, 7; 14, 144, 1; Sen. Ep. 70, 20; id. Ira, 3, 19, 3; Suet. Vesp. 16.
* Transf., of things resembling a sponge.
* An open-worked coat of mail, Liv. 9, 40, 3: retiariorum,Tert. Spect. 25. —In a double sense, with the signif. I.: Ajax in spongeam incubuit, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 85.
* The root of some plants; of asparagus,Col. 11, 3, 43; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 146; Pall. Febr. 24, 8; id. Mart. 9, 11; of mint,Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159.
* A kind of porous stone, pumice-stone, Vitr. 2, 6; Pall. 1, 10, 3.
* A kind of moss, Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 63.
* Fragments of iron melted, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 146.
* Lit., a sponge, Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148; 31, 11, 47, § 123; Lucr. 4, 618; Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136; id. Sest. 35, 77; Varr. ap. Non. 96, 14; Mart. 12, 48, 7; 14, 144, 1; Sen. Ep. 70, 20; id. Ira, 3, 19, 3; Suet. Vesp. 16.
* Transf., of things resembling a sponge.
* An open-worked coat of mail, Liv. 9, 40, 3: retiariorum,Tert. Spect. 25. —In a double sense, with the signif. I.: Ajax in spongeam incubuit, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 85.
* The root of some plants; of asparagus,Col. 11, 3, 43; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 146; Pall. Febr. 24, 8; id. Mart. 9, 11; of mint,Plin. 19, 8, 47, § 159.
* A kind of porous stone, pumice-stone, Vitr. 2, 6; Pall. 1, 10, 3.
* A kind of moss, Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 63.
* Fragments of iron melted, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 146.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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Spongia
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