ἐρεύγομαι
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁאַג, Hos.11:10, Amo.3:4, 8 al.; also for נָבַע, Psa.19:2, etc. ;]
__1. to spit or spue out.
__2. Prop., of oxen (Hom.), to bellow, roar; whence, as in LXX, to speak aloud, utter: Mat.13:35 (LXX). (For other examples of softened force of words in late Gk., cf. σκύλλω, τρώγω, χορτάζω.) †
(AS)