sponge

sponge
subs.
Ar. and P. σπογγιά, ἡ, Ar. and V. σπόγγος, ὁ.

sponge
v. trans.
Ar. and P. σπογγίζειν.
Sponge upon, Met.: P. and V. ὑ̆ποτρέχειν (acc.), ὑ̆πέρχεσθαι (acc.).

SPONGE

spongia: to wash with a sponge spongia abstergere: to squeeze a sponge spongiam exprimere.

sponge (subs.):

1. spongia: Plin.: Lucr. To wipe with a s., spongiare, -izare, Apic. (Better, spongia detergere, abstergere: v. TO WIPE.)

2. pēnĭcillus (a soft kind of s. used for medical purposes): Plin. 31, 11, 47 (mollissimum genus earum penicilli).

sponge (v.):

I. To wipe out: v. preced. art.

II. To impose upon hospitality: se inferre atque intrudere, etc.: v. TO INTRUDE. More precisely, *invocatum se apud alterum invitare ibique manere.