Latin

Alternative forms

• spongea

Noun

spongia f ‎(genitive spongiae); first declension

1. A sponge.
2. (by extension) pumice, or other things resembling a sponge.

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• spongiō
• spongiōsus
• spongius

Descendants

References

• spongia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spongia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SPONGIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spongia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• spongia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• spongia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin