ξυλοσπόγγιον
From LSJ
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
English (LSJ)
τό, A sponge on a stick, Hippiatr.69,100.
German (Pape)
[Seite 281] τό, dim. zum Folgdn, Sp.
Greek Monolingual
ξυλοσπόγγιον, τὁ, ἡ ξυλόσπογγος, ὁ (Α)
σπόγγος δεμένος στο άκρο ξύλου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ξυλον + σπογγίον.
