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voracious reader

  • 1 voraz

    adj.
    1 voracious (persona, apetito).
    2 raging.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl voraces)
    1 voracious
    2 figurado fierce, raging
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=devorador) voracious, ravenous; pey greedy
    2) [fuego] raging, fierce
    3) (Méx) (=audaz) bold
    * * *
    adjetivo <persona/animal/apetito> voracious; <incendio/fuego> fierce
    * * *
    = voracious, omnivorous, rapacious, ravenous.
    Ex. Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.
    Ex. Given this expertise, reference librarians who are dedicated generalists with comprehensive and omnivorous interests and knowledge provide the best reference service.
    Ex. Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.
    Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
    ----
    * apetito voraz = voracious appetite.
    * lector voraz = avid reader, voracious reader.
    * * *
    adjetivo <persona/animal/apetito> voracious; <incendio/fuego> fierce
    * * *
    = voracious, omnivorous, rapacious, ravenous.

    Ex: Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.

    Ex: Given this expertise, reference librarians who are dedicated generalists with comprehensive and omnivorous interests and knowledge provide the best reference service.
    Ex: Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.
    Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
    * apetito voraz = voracious appetite.
    * lector voraz = avid reader, voracious reader.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/animal/apetito› voracious
    siempre fue un lector voraz he always was an avid o a voracious reader
    2 ‹llamas/incendio/fuego› fierce
    * * *

    voraz adjetivo ‹persona/animal/apetito› voracious;
    ‹incendio/fuego› fierce
    voraz adjetivo voracious
    (el fuego) fierce
    ' voraz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ansioso
    English:
    avid
    - voracious
    * * *
    voraz adj
    1. [persona, apetito] voracious
    2. [fuego, enfermedad] raging
    * * *
    adj voracious; incendio fierce
    * * *
    voraz adj, pl voraces : voracious
    ♦ vorazmente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > voraz

  • 2 lector

    adj.
    1 reading.
    Reading instrument Instrumento lector.
    2 reading.
    m.
    1 reader, person who reads, publisher's reader.
    2 reading device, scanner, read head.
    * * *
    1 reading
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 reader
    2 EDUCACIÓN foreign language assistant
    1 TÉCNICA scanner
    \
    lector óptico optical scanner
    ————————
    1 TÉCNICA scanner
    * * *
    (f. - lectora)
    noun
    * * *
    lector, -a
    1.
    ADJ
    2. SM / F
    1) (=persona) reader
    2) (Escol, Univ) (conversation) assistant
    3.
    SM (=aparato) reader

    lector de discos compactos — CD player, compact disc player

    lector óptico de caracteres — optical character reader, optical character scanner

    * * *
    I
    - tora adjetivo reading (before n)
    II
    - tora masculino, femenino
    1) (de libros, revistas) reader
    2) (Esp) (Educ) foreign language assistant
    * * *
    = borrower, browser, library member, patron, reader, requester [requestor], scanner, user, drive.
    Ex. The intending borrower merely specifies a search key for the item he wishes to borrow, and the system provides a bibliographic description.
    Ex. Documents which will not be evident to the browser of shelves include: documents out on loan, documents which might be obtained by inter-library loan, and any collections which are kept in closed access.
    Ex. When a library member asks for a fictional book he usually frames his request in this way: 'I am looking for a book by Victor Canning'.
    Ex. The level of specificity that is desirable in any index is a function of the collection being indexed, its use and its patrons.
    Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex. The system permits the requester to specify up to five potential lending libraries, and the system transmits the requests to these libraries one at a time.
    Ex. To read a borrower label place the scanner on the left side of the label and move it from left to right across the bar codes, pressing lightly to keep it in direct contact with the label.
    Ex. Users make suggestions for modifications and these are then channelled through a series of committees.
    Ex. Now ISI has added to its compact disc line the Social Sciences Citation Index and new, improved search software featuring multiple cd-rom drive access.
    ----
    * cabeza lectora = read head, reading head.
    * cajón del lector de CDROM = drive tray.
    * carnet de lector = library card, reader's ticket.
    * chico lector = reading-boy.
    * círculo de lectores = book club, readership.
    * club de lectores = book club.
    * comprensión lectora = reading comprehension.
    * comunidad de lectores = reader community.
    * con muchos lectores = with a wide appeal.
    * con un gran número de lectores = widely-read.
    * con varios lectores de cintas = multi-drive.
    * dispositivo para interceptar al lector = trapping.
    * encargado de orientar al lector = readers' adviser.
    * entrada de lectores = public entrance.
    * etiqueta de identificación del lector = borrower identification label.
    * etiqueta de lector = borrower label.
    * fichero de lectores = registration file.
    * hábito lector = reading habit.
    * lector al que va dirigido = intended reader.
    * lector asiduo = heavy reader.
    * lector ávido = avid reader.
    * lector con carnet = library cardholder.
    * lector de aumento = magnifying reader.
    * lector de CD-ROM = CD player, CD-ROM drive, CD-ROM player, optical disc drive, CD-ROM reader.
    * lector de cinta = tape drive.
    * lector de cinta magnética = magnetic tape drive.
    * lector de código de barras = barcode reader, barcode scanner.
    * lector de coordenadas = coordinate reader.
    * lector de disco óptico WORM = WORM optical disc drive.
    * lector de discos ópticos = optical disc drive.
    * lector de documentos = document scanner.
    * lector de DVD = DVD player.
    * lector de libros = book reader.
    * lector de microfichas = microfiche reader.
    * lector de microfilm = microfilm reader.
    * lector de microformas = microform reader, reader, viewer.
    * lector de obras literarias = literary reader.
    * lector de una biblioteca = library user.
    * lector habitual = heavy reader.
    * lector insaciable = avid reader, voracious reader.
    * lector láser = laser scanner.
    * lector moroso = blacklisted borrower.
    * lector múltiple de CD-ROM = jukebox.
    * lector óptico = optical drive, optical reader, optical scanner.
    * lector óptico de caracteres = optical character reader.
    * lector poco habitual = light reader.
    * lector voraz = avid reader, voracious reader.
    * lector WORM = WORM drive.
    * no lector = non-reader [nonreader].
    * número de lector = borrower number.
    * ordenación topográfica según los intereses del lector = reader interest arrangement.
    * pasar una tarjeta por un lector electrónico = swipe.
    * petición de documentos por el lector = document request.
    * préstamo por lector = circulation per capita.
    * salida de lectores = public exit.
    * ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.
    * servicio de orientación al lector = readers' advisory service point, readers' advisory service.
    * servicios a lectores = readers' services.
    * sociedad de lectores = book club.
    * tapa del lector de CDROM = drive door.
    * tarjeta de lector = borrower's card, borrower's identification badge, reader's card.
    * tarjeta del lector = borrower identification label.
    * * *
    I
    - tora adjetivo reading (before n)
    II
    - tora masculino, femenino
    1) (de libros, revistas) reader
    2) (Esp) (Educ) foreign language assistant
    * * *
    = borrower, browser, library member, patron, reader, requester [requestor], scanner, user, drive.

    Ex: The intending borrower merely specifies a search key for the item he wishes to borrow, and the system provides a bibliographic description.

    Ex: Documents which will not be evident to the browser of shelves include: documents out on loan, documents which might be obtained by inter-library loan, and any collections which are kept in closed access.
    Ex: When a library member asks for a fictional book he usually frames his request in this way: 'I am looking for a book by Victor Canning'.
    Ex: The level of specificity that is desirable in any index is a function of the collection being indexed, its use and its patrons.
    Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex: The system permits the requester to specify up to five potential lending libraries, and the system transmits the requests to these libraries one at a time.
    Ex: To read a borrower label place the scanner on the left side of the label and move it from left to right across the bar codes, pressing lightly to keep it in direct contact with the label.
    Ex: Users make suggestions for modifications and these are then channelled through a series of committees.
    Ex: Now ISI has added to its compact disc line the Social Sciences Citation Index and new, improved search software featuring multiple cd-rom drive access.
    * cabeza lectora = read head, reading head.
    * cajón del lector de CDROM = drive tray.
    * carnet de lector = library card, reader's ticket.
    * chico lector = reading-boy.
    * círculo de lectores = book club, readership.
    * club de lectores = book club.
    * comprensión lectora = reading comprehension.
    * comunidad de lectores = reader community.
    * con muchos lectores = with a wide appeal.
    * con un gran número de lectores = widely-read.
    * con varios lectores de cintas = multi-drive.
    * dispositivo para interceptar al lector = trapping.
    * encargado de orientar al lector = readers' adviser.
    * entrada de lectores = public entrance.
    * etiqueta de identificación del lector = borrower identification label.
    * etiqueta de lector = borrower label.
    * fichero de lectores = registration file.
    * hábito lector = reading habit.
    * lector al que va dirigido = intended reader.
    * lector asiduo = heavy reader.
    * lector ávido = avid reader.
    * lector con carnet = library cardholder.
    * lector de aumento = magnifying reader.
    * lector de CD-ROM = CD player, CD-ROM drive, CD-ROM player, optical disc drive, CD-ROM reader.
    * lector de cinta = tape drive.
    * lector de cinta magnética = magnetic tape drive.
    * lector de código de barras = barcode reader, barcode scanner.
    * lector de coordenadas = coordinate reader.
    * lector de disco óptico WORM = WORM optical disc drive.
    * lector de discos ópticos = optical disc drive.
    * lector de documentos = document scanner.
    * lector de DVD = DVD player.
    * lector de libros = book reader.
    * lector de microfichas = microfiche reader.
    * lector de microfilm = microfilm reader.
    * lector de microformas = microform reader, reader, viewer.
    * lector de obras literarias = literary reader.
    * lector de una biblioteca = library user.
    * lector habitual = heavy reader.
    * lector insaciable = avid reader, voracious reader.
    * lector láser = laser scanner.
    * lector moroso = blacklisted borrower.
    * lector múltiple de CD-ROM = jukebox.
    * lector óptico = optical drive, optical reader, optical scanner.
    * lector óptico de caracteres = optical character reader.
    * lector poco habitual = light reader.
    * lector voraz = avid reader, voracious reader.
    * lector WORM = WORM drive.
    * no lector = non-reader [nonreader].
    * número de lector = borrower number.
    * ordenación topográfica según los intereses del lector = reader interest arrangement.
    * pasar una tarjeta por un lector electrónico = swipe.
    * petición de documentos por el lector = document request.
    * préstamo por lector = circulation per capita.
    * salida de lectores = public exit.
    * ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.
    * servicio de orientación al lector = readers' advisory service point, readers' advisory service.
    * servicios a lectores = readers' services.
    * sociedad de lectores = book club.
    * tapa del lector de CDROM = drive door.
    * tarjeta de lector = borrower's card, borrower's identification badge, reader's card.
    * tarjeta del lector = borrower identification label.

    * * *
    reading ( before n)
    masculine, feminine
    A (de libros, revistas) reader
    Compuestos:
    masculine biometric reader
    masculine bar code reader
    masculine DVD player
    masculine swipe card reader
    masculine digital scanner
    masculine optical scanner
    masculine optical character reader
    B ( Esp) ( Educ) foreign language assistant
    * * *

    lector
    ◊ - tora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    a) (de libros, revistas) reader


    lector,-ora
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (persona) reader
    2 Univ (language) assistant
    II sustantivo masculino (aparato) reader
    lector de (discos) compactos, CD player
    ' lector' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    devota
    - devoto
    - lectora
    - asiduo
    - habitual
    - remitir
    English:
    assistant
    - avid
    - lay
    - reader
    - regular
    * * *
    lector, -ora
    ♦ adj
    reading;
    el público lector the reading public
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [de libros] reader;
    los lectores de esta revista our readers o readership
    2. Esp Educ language assistant
    ♦ nm
    [aparato] reader Informát lector de CD-ROM CD-ROM drive;
    lector de código de barras bar-code scanner o reader;
    Informát lector de disco compacto compact disc player;
    lector de DVD DVD player;
    Informát lector óptico optical scanner; Informát lector óptico de caracteres optical character reader;
    lector de tarjetas magnéticas magnetic card reader
    * * *
    m, lectora f
    1 reader
    2 EDU language assistant
    * * *
    lector, - tora adj
    : reading
    nivel lector: reading level
    lector, - tora n
    : reader
    lector nm
    : scanner, reader
    lectoróptico: optical scanner
    * * *
    lector n reader

    Spanish-English dictionary > lector

  • 3 insaciable

    adj.
    insatiable.
    * * *
    1 insatiable
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo < apetito> insatiable; < sed> unquenchable; <afán/deseo> insatiable
    * * *
    = voracious, insatiable, greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], avid reader, avid, unquenchable.
    Ex. Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.
    Ex. Bibliographies are one of the largest group of reference material in a library; the demand appears insatiable and publishers are aware of this.
    Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex. In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.
    Ex. She was an avid collector of historical manuscripts considered worthless by his contemporaries and priceless by scholars today.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    ----
    * apetito insaciable = voracious appetite.
    * lector insaciable = avid reader, voracious reader.
    * * *
    adjetivo < apetito> insatiable; < sed> unquenchable; <afán/deseo> insatiable
    * * *
    = voracious, insatiable, greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], avid reader, avid, unquenchable.

    Ex: Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.

    Ex: Bibliographies are one of the largest group of reference material in a library; the demand appears insatiable and publishers are aware of this.
    Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex: In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.
    Ex: She was an avid collector of historical manuscripts considered worthless by his contemporaries and priceless by scholars today.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * apetito insaciable = voracious appetite.
    * lector insaciable = avid reader, voracious reader.

    * * *
    ‹apetito› insatiable; ‹sed› unquenchable; ‹afán/deseo› insatiable
    * * *

    insaciable adjetivo
    insatiable;
    ‹ sed› unquenchable
    insaciable adjetivo insatiable
    ' insaciable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    insatiable
    * * *
    [apetito, curiosidad] insatiable; [sed] unquenchable
    * * *
    adj insatiable
    * * *
    : insatiable

    Spanish-English dictionary > insaciable

  • 4 vorace

    vorace agg. voracious (anche fig.); ( ingordo) greedy, gluttonous: un animale vorace, a voracious animal; un vorace lettore, a voracious reader.
    * * *
    [vo'ratʃe]
    aggettivo [persona, animale] ravenous, voracious; (ingordo) greedy
    * * *
    vorace
    /vo'rat∫e/
    [persona, animale] ravenous, voracious; (ingordo) greedy; un lettore vorace a voracious reader.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > vorace

  • 5 lector insaciable

    (n.) = avid reader, voracious reader
    Ex. In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.
    Ex. Although this public takes most of the adult books, it seems to consist of a small number of voracious readers.
    * * *
    (n.) = avid reader, voracious reader

    Ex: In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.

    Ex: Although this public takes most of the adult books, it seems to consist of a small number of voracious readers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lector insaciable

  • 6 lector voraz

    (n.) = avid reader, voracious reader
    Ex. In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.
    Ex. Although this public takes most of the adult books, it seems to consist of a small number of voracious readers.
    * * *
    (n.) = avid reader, voracious reader

    Ex: In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.

    Ex: Although this public takes most of the adult books, it seems to consist of a small number of voracious readers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lector voraz

  • 7 Leseratte

    f umg., hum. bookworm
    * * *
    Le|se|rat|te
    f (inf)
    bookworm (inf)
    * * *
    Le·se·rat·te
    f (hum fam) bookworm
    * * *
    die (ugs. scherzh.) bookworm; voracious reader
    * * *
    Leseratte f umg, hum bookworm
    * * *
    die (ugs. scherzh.) bookworm; voracious reader
    * * *
    f.
    bookworm n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Leseratte

  • 8 s'abreuver

    abʀœve vpr/vi
    1) [bétail] to drink
    2) fig

    s'abreuver de [bière, beaujolais] — to swill down

    Elle s'abreuve de littérature américaine. — She's a voracious reader of American literature.

    Nous nous abreuvions de feuilletons américains. — We watch a lot of American soaps.

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > s'abreuver

  • 9 человек, читающий запоем

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > человек, читающий запоем

  • 10 gulosus

    gŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [gula, II.], gluttonous, luxurious, dainty (post-Aug.; cf.:

    edax, vorax): oculis quoque gulosi sunt,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 18 fin.:

    nil est miserius nec gulosius Santra,

    Mart. 7, 20, 1:

    gulosum Fictile,

    i. e. containing dainty food, Juv. 11, 19:

    abstinentia,

    i. e. an abstinence that enhances enjoyment, Hier. Ep. 107, 10.— Transf.: nimium lector gulosus, i. e. a too voracious reader (acc. to others, an over-fastidious reader), Mart. 10, 59, 5.— Adv.: gŭlōse, gluttonously:

    gulosius condire cibos, Col. praef. § 5: nil est, Apici, tibi gulosius factum,

    Mart. 3, 22, 5:

    gulosissime nutrit,

    Tert. Res. Carn. 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gulosus

  • 11 ненасытный читатель

    General subject: voracious reader

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > ненасытный читатель

  • 12 un lettore vorace

    un lettore vorace
    a voracious reader.
    \
    →  vorace

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > un lettore vorace

  • 13 hij verslindt boeken

    hij verslindt boeken

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > hij verslindt boeken

  • 14 verslinden

    1  devour ⇒ eat up 〈 winst, afstanden〉, eat 〈 geld〉, swallow (up) 〈 geld〉
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   die auto verslindt benzine • that car drinks petrol
         een boek verslinden • devour a book
         hij verslindt boeken • he's a voracious reader

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > verslinden

  • 15 divoratore

    divoratore agg. devouring, voracious: fuoco divoratore, devouring fire
    ◆ s.m., divoratrice s.f.
    1 devourer, great eater
    2 (fig.) avid consumer: è un divoratore di libri, he's an avid consumer of books.
    * * *
    [divora'tore] divoratore (-trice)
    1. agg
    (passione) consuming, (febbre) burning
    2. sm/f

    un divoratore di libri fig — an avid reader, a bookworm

    * * *
    [divora'tore]
    sostantivo maschile (f. - trice [tritʃe])

    un divoratore di libri — fig. a voracious o an avid reader

    * * *
    divoratore
    /divora'tore/
    sostantivo m.
    (f. - trice /trit∫e/) un divoratore di libri fig. a voracious o an avid reader.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > divoratore

  • 16 voraç

    1. voracious / avid
    Un lector voraç - An avid reader
    2. fierce
    Un voraç incendi - A fierce fire

    Diccionari Català-Anglès > voraç

  • 17 un divoratore di libri

    un divoratore di libri
    fig. a voracious o an avid reader.
    \

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > un divoratore di libri

  • 18 een verwoed lezer

    een verwoed lezer
    a voracious/an avid reader

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een verwoed lezer

  • 19 verwoed

    1 [met woede] furious ⇒ enraged
    2 [hartstochtelijk] passionate ⇒ ardent, impassioned
    ♦voorbeelden:
    2   een verwoed lezer • a voracious/an avid reader
         verwoede pogingen doen • make frantic efforts

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > verwoed

  • 20 στόμα

    στόμα, ατος, τό (Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.).
    ① mouth
    ⓐ of humans or of beings whose appearance resembles that of humans: Mt 15:11a, 17; J 19:29; Ac 11:8; 23:2; 2 Th 2:8 (cp. Is 11:4; Ps 32:6); Rv 11:5.—Used in imagery Rv 1:16; 2:16; 3:16; 10:9f (cp. Ezk 3:1ff); 19:15, 21.—As an organ of speech Mt 15:11b, 18 (cp. Num 32:24); 21:16 (Ps 8:3); Lk 4:22; 11:54; Ro 10:8 (Dt 30:14); Eph 4:29; Js 3:10 (cp. Aesop, Fab. 35 P.=64 H./60 Ch./35 H-H.: ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ στόματος τὸ θερμὸν καὶ τὸ ψυχρὸν ἐξιεῖς=out of the same mouth you send forth warm and cold [of the person who blows in his hands to warm them, and on his food to cool it off]); 1 Cl 15:3 (Ps 61:5), 4 (Ps 77:36); 2 Cl 9:10; B 11:8; Hm 3:1. ἀπόθεσθε αἰσχρολογίαν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν put away shameful speech from your mouth = don’t let any dirty talk cross your lips Col 3:8. ἀκούειν τι ἐκ τοῦ στόματός τινος Ac 22:14; 2 Cl 13:3; B 16:10 (cp. ParJer 6:24); ἀκ. ἀπὸ τοῦ στ. τινος (Polyaenus 8, 36 ἀπὸ στόματος τῆς ἀδελφῆς) Lk 22:71; ἀκ. τι διὰ τοῦ στ. τινος Ac 1:4 D; 15:7.—ἀνεῴχθη τὸ στ. αὐτοῦ (of a mute person) his mouth was opened (Wsd 10:21) Lk 1:64, words could now come out, as REB renders: ‘his lips and tongue were freed’. ἀνοίγειν τὸ στόμα τινός open someone’s mouth for him and cause him to speak 1 Cl 18:15 (cp. Ps 50:17). ἀνοίγειν τὸ (ἑαυτοῦ) στόμα open one’s (own) mouth to speak (ApcMos 21; ApcrEzk; s. ἀνοίγω 5a) Mt 5:2; 13:35 (Ps 77:2); Ac 8:35; 10:34; 18:14; GEb 34:60. οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στ. αὐτοῦ=he is silent Ac 8:32; 1 Cl 16:7 (both Is 53:7; cp. Mel., P. 64; 462). For ἄνοιξις τοῦ στόματος Eph 6:19 s. ἄνοιξις. On στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλεῖν speak face to face 2J 12; 3J 14 s. πρός 3aε. On ἵνα πᾶν στ. φραγῇ Ro 3:19 s. φράσσω.—There is no δόλος or ψεῦδος in the mouth of the upright Rv 14:5; 1 Cl 50:6 (Ps 31:2); esp. of God’s ‘Servant’ (Is 53:9) 1 Pt 2:22; 1 Cl 16:10; Pol 8:1.—στόμα stands for the person in the capacity of speaker (3 Km 17:24; 22:22; 2 Ch 36:21f): ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύματος τῆς καρδίας τὸ στόμα λαλεῖ Mt 12:34 (καρδία … στ. as TestNapht 2:6). διὰ στόματός τινος (ApcMos 16f; B-D-F §140) by (the lips of) someone Lk 1:70; Ac 1:16; 3:18, 21.—ἐν ἑνὶ στόματι with one voice (ἓν στόμα Aristoph., Equ. 670; Pla., Rep. 364a, Laws 1, 634e; Ael. Aristid. 51, 40 K.=I p. 544 D.; PGiss 36, 12 [161 B.C.] αἱ τέτταρες λέγουσαι ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος; Pla., Rep. 364a) Ro 15:6; cp. 1 Cl 34:7.—For Mt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1; Lk 19:22; Lk 21:15 s. 2.
    ⓑ of God (Dexippus of Athens [III A.D.]: 100 Fgm. 1, 7 Jac. ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ μαρτυρία διὰ στόματος; Theognis18; ParJer 6:12) Mt 4:4 (Dt 8:3); 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:20).
    ⓒ of animals and animal-like beings, mouth, jaws, of a fish (PGM 5, 280ff) Mt 17:27. Of horses Js 3:3; cp. Rv 9:17–9; a weasel B 10:8; lion (Judg 14:8) Hb 11:33; Rv 13:2; in imagery 2 Ti 4:17; an apocalyptic monster (Diod S 3, 70, 4 the Aegis: ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ἐκβάλλον φλόγα) Rv 12:15, 16b; 16:13abc; Hv 4, 1, 6; 4, 2, 4 (cp. Da 6:22 Theod.; JosAs 12:10).
    ② the product of the organ of speech, utterance, mouth. By metonymy for what the mouth utters ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων (Dt 19:15) Mt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1. ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου κρινῶ σε Lk 19:22. ἐγὼ δώσω ὑμῖν στόμα καὶ σοφίαν I will give you eloquence and wisdom Lk 21:15. S. also 1a.
    ③ a geological fissure, mouth in imagery of the earth in which a fissure is opened (s. Gen 4:11) ἤνοιξεν ἡ γῆ τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς Rv 12:16a.
    ④ the foremost part of someth., edge fig. ext. of 1. The sword, like the jaws of a wild animal, devours people; hence acc. to OT usage (but s. Philostrat., Her. 19, 4 στ. τῆς αἰχμῆς; Quint. Smyrn. 1, 194; 813 and s. μάχαιρα 1; cp. στ.=‘point’ of a sword Hom. et al.; στόμα πολέμου Polemo Soph. B8 Reader p. 134) στόμα μαχαίρης the edge of the sword = the voracious sword (Josh 19:48; Sir 28:18; s. also μάχαιρα 1, end) Lk 21:24; Hb 11:34.—B. 228; esp. 860. DELG. M-M. TW.

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