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σπόγγος

σπόγγος, a sponge

σπόγγος, ὁ,
  • sponge, σ. πολυτρήτοισι τραπέζας νίζον Od. 1.111, cf. 22.439; σπόγγῳ ἀμφὶ πρόσωπα καὶ ἄμφω χεῖρʼ ἀπομόργνυ Il. 18.414; ὑγρώσσων σ. ὤλεσεν γραφήν A. Ag. 1329; used at the bath, Ar. Fr. 55, Crates Com. 15.7; for cleaning shoes. Ar. V. 600 (cf. σπογγίζω); cf. Arist. HA 487b9, 588b20, Ev.Matt. 27.48, etc.
    • II any spongy substance, σικυώνης σ. Hp. Steril. 221; οἱ σ. the glands in the throat, tonsils, from their spongy nature and liability to swell, Id. Epid. 4.7, Gal. 19.140.
    • III = νήριον, Ps.-Dsc. 4.81. (σφόγγος is found in IG 11 (2). 144 A 37 (Delos, iv B.C.), PSI 6.558.7 (iii B.C.), POxy. 1384.25 (V A.D.); cf. σπογγιά, σπογγίον.)

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