σπερμολόγος
sper-mo-lo'-gos
adjective
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From σπέρμα (G4690) and λέγω (G3004)
from G4690 and G3004; a seed-picker (as the crow), i.e. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk):—babbler.
Outline
- picking up seed
- of birds, esp. of the crow or daw that picks up grain in fields
- metaph.
- lounging about the market place and picking up a substance by whatever may chance to fall from the loads of merchandise
- hence, beggarly, abject, vile, (a parasite)
- getting a living by flattery and bufferoonery
- an empty talker, babbler