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1 σπερμολόγοι
σπερμολόγοςpicking up seeds: masc /fem nom /voc pl -
2 σπερμολόγος
σπερμολόγος, ον (σπέρμα, λέγω, lit. ‘picking up seeds’; of birds, Alex. of Myndos [I A.D.] in Athen. 9, 39 388a; Plut., Demetr. 902 [28, 5]) subst. of a kind of bird, the ‘rook’ (Aristoph.; Aristot.; Lynceus fr. Samos [280 B.C.] in Athen. 8, 32, 344c), in pejorative imagery of persons whose communication lacks sophistication and seems to pick up scraps of information here and there scrapmonger, scavenger (s. Goodsp, Probs. [citing Browning: ‘picker-up of learning’s crumbs’] 132f, and s. the ref. to Eustath. below.—Demosth. 18, 127 σπερμολ. περίτριμμα ἀγορᾶς; Dionys. Hal. 19, 5, 3 [=17, 8]; Eustath. on Od. 5, 490 σπερμολόγοι• οἱ περὶ τὰ ἐμπόρια καὶ ἀγορὰς διατρίβοντες διὰ τὸ ἀναλέγεσθαι τὰ ἐκ τῶν φορτίων ἀπορρέοντα καὶ διὰ ζῆν ἐκ τούτων = σπερμολόγοι are people who spend their time around stores and markets to pick up scraps from the produce and live off them; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 203) Ac 17:18 (Norden, Agn. Th. 333; Beginn. IV, 211.—WSchmid, Philol. 95, ’42, 82f). Engl. synonyms include ‘gossip’, ‘babbler’, ‘chatterer’; but these terms miss the imagery of unsystematic gathering.—DELG s.v. σπείρω. M-M. Spicq. -
3 ὀλαιμεύς
ὀλαιμεύς· ὁ (τὸ cod.) τὰς ὀλὰς βάλλων, Id. [full] ὀλαιτοί· σπερμολόγοι, καὶ ὀλατοί, Id., cf. Orusap.EM622.9, Phot. [full] ϝόλαμος (written γόλ-) · διωγμός, Hsch. (cf. οὐλαμός).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὀλαιμεύς
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4 ὀλαιτοί
Grammatical information: m. pl.Other forms: Also ὄλαιτος (Orus ap. EM 622, 9).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Clearly a Pre-Greek word (Furnée 338, who also connects λειτόν βλάσφημον H., which is not immediately evident).Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ὀλαιτοί
См. также в других словарях:
σπερμολόγοι — σπερμολόγος picking up seeds masc/fem nom/voc pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
SPERMOLIGI — Graece Σπερμολόγοι, dicti olim Atheniensibus, abiectissimi homines, qui Forum et Digma oberrantes, si quid e mercium oneribus, ut sit, excideret, avium ςπερμολόγων more, id legebant, hôcque quaestu se sustentabant: inde ad alios quoscumque… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
ολαιτοί — ὀλαιτοί και ὀλατοί (Α) (κατά τον Ησύχ.) «σπερμολόγοι» … Dictionary of Greek
