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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

  • ἀγγεῖα καὶ σπόγγων ἐμπλήσαντασ καὶ ἀναθέντασ, ἐλαύνειν τὸν ἡμίονον. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 16 4:1)
  • ἀλλὰ τοιοῦτόν τι ἄν, οἱο͂ν καὶ ἐν Ῥώμῃ τινὰ ἦν τὸ κινοῦν, ὥστ’ ἐγκαλύπτεσθαι τοῦ ἵππου τρέχοντοσ ᾧ ἐσπουδάκει, εἶτα νικήσαντόσ ποτε παραλόγωσ σπόγγων δεῆσαι αὐτῷ πρὸσ τὸ ἀναληφθῆναι λιποψυχοῦντα. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 27:3)

Synonyms

  1. sponge

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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