English search results for: spongy

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. fond of drinking, ever thirsty
  2. soaking, sodden
  3. spongy, absorbent, porous
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. of the lungs
  2. spongy
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#3

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. froth on sedge forming spongy growth
  2. salty deposit/effolescence on reeds
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4

adjective

Definitions:

  1. fungous
  2. spongy
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#5

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. froth on sedge forming spongy growth
  2. salty deposit/effolescence on reeds
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)