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σπόγγος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 해부학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπόγγος σπόγγου

Structure: σπογγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. sponge
  2. (anatomy) tonsil

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔβαλλον μέντοι καὶ ἐτίτρωσκον ὀστρέοισ τε ἁμαξοπληθέσι καὶ σπόγγοισ πλεθριαίοισ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 41:6)
  • πολλάκισ δὲ τοῦτο ποιοῦντεσ, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ταῖσ χερσὶν ἐλαφρῶσ τρίβουσι, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα σπόγγοισ ἀραιοῖσ κούφωσ ἐπιθλίβοντεσ τὸ χαῦνον καὶ γεῶδεσ διὰ τούτων ἀναλαμβάνουσι, μέχρι ἂν ὅτου καθαρὸν γένηται τὸ ψῆγμα τοῦ χρυσοῦ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 14 2:1)
  • ἐν δὲ ταύταισ τῷ πλήθει τοῦ πυρὸσ τήκοντεσ τοὺσ λίθουσ καταμερίζουσιν εἰσ μεγέθη σύμμετρα, παραπλήσια ταῖσ ἰδέαισ μεγάλοισ σπόγγοισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 13 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. sponge

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