σπόγγος, ὁ,
sponge, σ. πολυτρήτοισι τραπέζας νίζον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.111, compare 22.439; σπόγγῳ ἀμφὶ πρόσωπα καὶ ἄμφω χεῖρ᾽ ἀπομόργνυ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.414; ὑγρώσσων σ. ὤλεσεν γραφήν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1329 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; used at the bath, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 55, 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 15.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; for cleaning shoes. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 600 (compare σπογγίζω);compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 487b9, 588b20, NT.Matt.27.48, etc. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__II any spongy substance, σικυώνης σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 221] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ σ. the glands in the throat, tonsils, from their spongy nature and liability to swell, [[ [prev. author] “Epid.” 4.7, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.140. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III ={νήριον}, Ps.-[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.81] Refs 1st c.AD+]. (σφόγγος is found in [[ “IG” 11 (2). 144 A 37 (Delos, 4th c.BC), “PSI” 6.558.7 (3rd c.BC), “POxy.” 1384.25 (V 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare σπογγιά, σπογγίον.)