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σπερμολόγος

MainId: 004593000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4691

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004593001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: adjc.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: σπερμολόγος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   Constructs: {'Lemma': 'σπερμολόγος', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'σπείρω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'λέγω', 'Meanings': []}]}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004593001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 27.19

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Learn

      LEXSubDomains: Learn

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-12 15:48:19

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of a term based on the practice of birds in picking up seeds) one who acquires bits and pieces of relatively extraneous information and proceeds to pass them on with pretense and show

         Glosses: ['ignorant show-off', 'charlatan']

         Comments: The term σπερμολόγος is semantically complex in that it combines two quite distinct phases of activity: (1) the acquiring of information and (2) the passing on of such information. Because of the complex semantic structure of σπερμολόγος, it may be best in some languages to render it as ‘one who learns lots of trivial things and wants to tell everyone about his knowledge,’ but in most languages there is a perfectly appropriate idiom for ‘a pseudo-intellectual who insists on spouting off.’ For a different focus on the meaning of σπερμολόγος in {S:04401701800036}, see {D:33.381}.

      LEXReferences: ACTs 17:18

   2. LEXID: 004593001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 33.381

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Foolish Talk

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-12 15:48:19

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative expression, literally: one who picks up seed; originally a reference to birds picking up seed, but figuratively applied to a person who is an information scavenger) one who is not able to say anything worthwhile in view of his miscellaneous collection of tidbits of information

         Glosses: foolish babbler

         Comments: For another interpretation of {L:σπερμολόγος} in {S:04401701800036}, see {D:27.19}.

      LEXReferences: ACTs 17:18