spongia

spongia or spongea ae, f

, σπογγιά, a sponge: e foro spongiis effingi sanguinem.—A coat of mail: spongia pectori tegumentum, L.

spongia
spongĭa or spongĕa, ae, f., = σπογγιά. I Lit., a sponge , Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 148; 31, 11, 47, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Spongia
Spongĭa, ae, m., a proper name , perh. fictitious, in contempt, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.