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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπόγγος (spóngos) + -ιᾱ́ (-iā́)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spoŋ.ɡi.ǎː/ → /spoɲ.ɟiˈa/ → /spoɲ.ɟiˈa/
Noun
σπογγῐᾱ́ • (spongiā́) f (genitive σπογγῐᾶς); first declension
- sponge (marine animal)
Declension
Descendants
- → Latin: spongia (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- σπογγιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “σπογγιά”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “σπογγιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.