σπογγιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σπογγιή (spongiḗ) — Ionic
• σφογγιᾱ́ (sphongiā́)

Etymology

From σπόγγος (spóngos) + -ιά (-iá).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spoŋ.ɡi.ǎː/ → /spoɲ.ɟiˈa/ → /spoɲ.ɟiˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spoŋ.ɡi.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spoŋ.ɡiˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spoɲ.ɟiˈa/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /spoɲ.ɟiˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spoɲ.ɟiˈa/

Noun

σπογγῐᾱ́ • (spongĭā́) f (genitive σπογγῐᾶς); first declension

1. sponge (marine animal)

Declension

First declension of ἡ σπογγῐᾱ́; τῆς σπογγῐᾶς (Attic)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ἡ σπογγῐᾱ́hē spongĭā́	τὼ σπογγῐᾱ́tṑ spongĭā́	αἱ σπογγῐαίhai spongĭaí
genitive	τῆς σπογγῐᾶςtês spongĭâs	τοῖν σπογγῐαῖνtoîn spongĭaîn	τῶν σπογγῐῶνtôn spongĭôn
dative	τῇ σπογγῐᾷtēî spongĭāî	τοῖν σπογγῐαῖνtoîn spongĭaîn	ταῖς σπογγῐαῖςtaîs spongĭaîs
accusative	τὴν σπογγῐᾱ́νtḕn spongĭā́n	τὼ σπογγῐᾱ́tṑ spongĭā́	τᾱ̀ς σπογγῐᾱ́ςtā̀s spongĭā́s
vocative	σπογγῐᾱ́spongĭā́	σπογγῐᾱ́spongĭā́	σπογγῐαίspongĭaí

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal 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 [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • mop idem, page 540.
  • sponge idem, page 804.