spongitis

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπογγῖτις (spongîtis), from σπόγγος (spóngos, “sponge”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spɔŋˈɡiː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spon̠ʲˈd͡ʒiː.tis] === Noun === spongītis f (genitive spongītidis); third declension An unknown kind of precious stone. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “spongitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press