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σπόγγος

[spóŋ.ɡos]

noun

LanguageAncient Greek

Meaning
  1. sponge
  2. tonsil
  3. A porous organism or material used for cleaning. In a medical sense, it can also refer to the tonsils.
Examples

σπόγγῳ δ’ ἀμφὶ πρόσωπα καὶ ἄμφω χεῖρ’ ἀπομόργνυ

With a sponge did he wipe both sides of his face and both his hands down

Pronunciationspóŋ.ɡos

Part of speechnoun

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.