spongitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπογγῖτις (spongîtis), from σπόγγος (spóngos, “sponge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sponˈɡiː.tis/, [s̠pɔŋˈɡiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sponˈd͡ʒi.tis/, [spon̠ʲˈd͡ʒiːt̪is]

Noun

spongītis f (genitive spongītidis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spongītis	spongītidēs
Genitive	spongītidis	spongītidum
Dative	spongītidī	spongītidibus
Accusative	spongītidem	spongītidēs
Ablative	spongītide	spongītidibus
Vocative	spongītis	spongītidēs

References

• “spongitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press