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 Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spoɲ.ɟiˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spoɲ.ɟiˈa/

Noun

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

1. sponge (marine animal)

Declension

First declension of ἡ σπογγῐᾱ́; τῆς σπογγῐᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπογγῐᾱ́ hē spongiā́	τὼ σπογγῐᾱ́ tṑ spongiā́	αἱ σπογγῐαί hai spongiaí
Genitive	τῆς σπογγῐᾶς tês spongiâs	τοῖν σπογγῐαῖν toîn spongiaîn	τῶν σπογγῐῶν tôn spongiôn
Dative	τῇ σπογγῐᾷ têi spongiâi	τοῖν σπογγῐαῖν toîn spongiaîn	ταῖς σπογγῐαῖς taîs spongiaîs
Accusative	τὴν σπογγῐᾱ́ν tḕn spongiā́n	τὼ σπογγῐᾱ́ tṑ spongiā́	τᾱ̀ς σπογγῐᾱ́ς tā̀s spongiā́s
Vocative	σπογγῐᾱ́ spongiā́	σπογγῐᾱ́ spongiā́	σπογγῐαί spongiaí
Notes:	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.