σπάω
Validation
Yes
Word-lemma
Word-form
σπόγγος
Transliteration (Word)
spongos
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
spaō
Century
2 AD
Reference
Peri orthographias, Lentz III/2, p. 408
Edition
A. Lentz, Grammatici graeci, vol. 3/2, Leipzig 1870
Source
Orion
Ref.
Etymologicum, sigma, p. 10
Ed.
F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820
Quotation
σπόγγος εἰ μὲν διὰ τοῦ π παρὰ τὸ σπᾶν τὰ ὑγρά, διὰ δὲ τοῦ φ παρὰ τὸ σφίγγειν κατὰ τὰς ἐκθλίψεις. οὕτως Ἡρωδιανός.
σπουδή + γομόω
Validation
Yes
Word-lemma
Word-form
σπόγγος
Transliteration (Word)
spongos
Transliteration (Etymon)
spoudē + gomoō
Century
5 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etymologicum (Excerpta e cod. Vat. gr. 1456) 205
Ed.
A.M. Micciarelli Collesi, "Nuovi `excerpta' dall' `etimologico' di Orione," Byzantion 40 (1970): 521-542
Quotation
Σπόγγος: διὰ τὸ σπουδῇ γομοῦσθαι
σφίγγω
Validation
Yes
Word-lemma
Word-form
σφόγγος
Transliteration (Word)
spongos
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
sphingō
Century
2 AD
Reference
Peri orthographias, Lentz III/2, p. 408
Edition
A. Lentz, Grammatici graeci, vol. 3/2, Leipzig, 1870
Source
Orion
Ref.
Etymologicum, sigma, p. 150
Ed.
F.W. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, 1820
Quotation
σπόγγος εἰ μὲν διὰ τοῦ π παρὰ τὸ σπᾶν τὰ ὑγρά, διὰ δὲ τοῦ φ παρὰ τὸ σφίγγειν κατὰ τὰς ἐκθλίψεις. οὕτως Ἡρωδιανός.
