spongia
spongia, a sponge
- 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. —
- II Transf., of things resembling a sponge.
- A 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.—
- B 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.—
- C A kind of porous stone, pumice-stone, Vitr. 2, 6; Pall. 1, 10, 3.—
- D A kind of moss, Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 63.—
- E Fragments of iron melted, Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 146.
peniculum, id est ~ia
peniculo, ~io
pro una ~ia empta ad robas regis, xij d.
unus pixis ‥ cum ~ea
~ie sunt duo genera, sc. masculus et femina. masculus dicitur qui stricciores habet poros quam alia, femina vero rotundas cavernas et majores habet
~ia, genus vasis
antiqui altitudinem Caucasi montis ascendentes ~iam aqua repletam portabant, ut venientes ad aerem quem ‥ inspissare non poterant, ~ia aque ori apposita aerem inspissarunt
tanta est ‥ aeris ‥ tenuitas quod homines illuc ascendentes ibidem durare non possent, nisi ~ias humectas naribus applicarent, unde ‥ consuetum spiritum ducerent
per fellis ~iam [cf. ]Marc. xv 36
~ia [ME: spunge ] fellis
impura ‥ pectora ~iis quae caecis sunt tenebrosae anfractibus merito comparantur
isti ‥ sunt episcoporum sanguisuge ‥ quasi ~ia in manu prementis
est simile videre in ~ia que conpressa in manu coartatur in spacio brevi
aer frigidus premit ventrem et laxat comprimendo sicut ~ia compressa emittit aquam
spuma maris est una species ~ie
- 1. spons;
- 2. (metaf.) iets met de vorm of substantie v.e. spons, o.a.: (a) paddenstoel; (b) week pantser.
海沫。海絨。浮石。鐵片。白玫瑰花心。地菌。龍鬚菜根。河靑苔。Spongia id effingere 以海絨拭之。
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Spongiaappellatur, in Hist. translat. S. Vandreg. ex Cod. reg. 5506 :
De sancto Johanne præcursore Domini et de SpongiaVide Diaria Trevolt. ann. 1737. mens. Maii pag. 791.ipsius.
- , σπογγιά, a sponge: e foro spongiis effingi sanguinem.—A coat of mail: spongia pectori tegumentum, L.
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…non iuris iudiciorumque defendit. meministis tum, iudices, corporibus civium Tiberim compleri, cloacas refarciri, e foro spongiis effingi sanguinem, ut omnes tantam illam copiam et tam magnificum apparatum non privatum aut plebeium, sed patricium et…
Cicero, pro Sestio
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…delere et, quod omnes non modo homines verum etiam pecudes factum esse sciant, id Thalnam et Plautum et Spongiam et ceteras huius modi quisquilias statuere numquam esse factum. sed tamen ut te de re publica consoler, non…
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
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…et praeterea spiritu omnia cocta atque confecta in reliquum corpus dividantur. in pulmonibus autem inest raritas quaedam et adsimilis spongiis mollitudo ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima, qui tum se contrahunt adspirantes tum inre spiritu dilatantur, ut frequenter ducatur cibus…
M. Tullius Cicero, de Natura Deorum
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…honos in achaia coronare victores sacri certaminis nemeae. eodem tempore seritur menta planta vel, si nondum germinet, spongea. non minus haec umido gaudet. aestate viret, hieme flavescit. genus eius silvestre mentastrum ; ex hoc…
Pliny the Elder, Natural History
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…, sariri ac stercorari. ac post annos viiii, cum iam vetus sit, digeri subacto stercoratoque, tum spongeis seri singulorum pedum intervallo. quin et ovillo fimo nominatim uti, quoniam aliud herbas creet. nec quicquam postea…
Pliny the Elder, Natural History
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…plura, non omnia simul, ne tempore eodem undique tenerae cicatrices sint. Si sanguis profluit, excipiendum est spongia ; deinde linamentum inponendum ; unguenda femina et inguina et quicquid iuxta ulcus est ; ceratumque superdandum et farina hordiacia…
Celsus, De Medicina
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…si dolor nullus est, quinque primis diebus non est resoluendum, sed bis die tantum aceto inroranda lana uel spongia si dolor est, tertia die resoluendum, et ubi fibulae sunt, eae incidendae ; ubi linamentum, id…
Celsus, De Medicina
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…deligare et cotidie resoluere, similiterque curare usque ad diem quintum, a sexto die etiam uapore aquae calidae per spongiam fouere, cetera ex eadem facere. Quod si caruncula increscere coeperit et febricula aut soluta erit aut breuior et…
Celsus, De Medicina
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…interemptus est omnesque cum eo lucani milites, quorum magnus numerus in exercitu erat. effigies qu o pluit ferri spongiarum similis fuit. haruspices praemonuerunt superna volnera. l. autem paulo c. marcello cos. lana pluit circa…
Pliny the Elder, Natural History
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…, si leuis inclinatio est, etiam solum satis tuetur ; inferior palpebra eo non eget. His factis, spongia ex aqua frigida expressa super deliganda est. Postero die glutinans emplastrum iniciendum, quarto suturae tollendae, et collyrio…
Celsus, De Medicina
SPO´NGIA(σπόγγος), a sponge. The use of sponges has come down from very early times, for the cleansing both of the body (Hom. Il. 18.414) and of tables (Od. 1.111). For the latter purpose, i. e. cleaning furniture, walls, and floors, it is more especially noticed in Latin literature (Mart. 14.144; Ulp. Dig. 32, 7, 12): as regards the use of sponges by invalids in Roman baths, see BALNEAEVol. 1. p. 279. Small sponges were often fastened on a stick, and were then called peniculi (Ter. Eun. 4.7, 7; cf. Mart. 12.48; Plant. Stich. 2.2, 23), and were then used not only with long sticks for cleaning walls, &c., but also with short handles for cleaning boots (Plant. Menaechm. 2.3, 40; Fest. p. 230). The penicillus used for painting was no doubt generally a brush made with hair [PICTURA], but for laying on colour broadly and coarsely a penicillus made with sponge was also used (Plin. Nat.9.148; Blümner, Technol. 4.429). For its use to obliterate writing, see Mart. 4.10; LIBERp. 59 a; Marquardt, Privatl. 824; and to this use also we must refer Aesch. Ag. 1283. Pliny (Plin. Nat.9. § § 148-150) mentions especially the neighbourhood of Torone, the Syrtes, the Hellespont, and Malea as hunting-grounds for sponges, and the coasts of Lycia for the softest kind. Three kinds are distinguished--the hard and coarse τράγος, the softer μανός, and the fine ἀχίλλειον [cf. OCREA]. In this he is following Aristot. H. A. 5.16, p. 548. The searcher for sponges is called σπογγοθήρας, σπογγοκολυμβητὴς or σπογγεύς (Poll. 1.96, 7.137 Athen. 7. p. 282 c; Becker-Göll, Gallus, 1.36; Hermann-Blümner, 4. p. 31).
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