σπερμο-λόγος,ον, (λέγω)
A. picking up seeds, of birds, Id. Demetr. 28 , Alex.Mynd. ap. Ath. 9.388a : asSubst.,rook, Arist. HA 592b28 ; glossedκολοιῶδες ζῷον, Hsch. ; σπερμολόγων τε γένη
Ar. Av. 232
(lyr.), cf. 579 .
2. τὰ σπερμολόγα τῶν παιδαρίων guttersnipes, Ath. 3.85f .
II. picking up scraps, gossiping, ἄνθρωπος
D.H. 19.5
( Sup. , ib. 4 ); also πικρὰ καὶ ς. ῥήματα
Plu. 2.456c
.
III. asSubst.,one who picks up and retails scraps of knowledge, an idle babbler, gossip, D. 18.127 , Act.Ap. 17.18 , Ath. 8.344c .