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MainId: 004593000000000
Version: 0
HasAramaic: False
InLXX: False
AlphaPos: σ
StrongCodes: G4691
BaseForms:
BaseFormID: 004593001000000
PartsOfSpeech: adjc.
Inflections:
Lemma: σπερμολόγος
BaseFormIndex: 1
Realizations: -ου
Constructs: {'Lemma': 'σπερμολόγος', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'σπείρω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'λέγω', 'Meanings': []}]}
LEXMeanings:
LEXID: 004593001001000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
LEXEntryCode: 27.19
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Learn
LEXSubDomains: Learn
LEXSenses:
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
LEXID: 004593001002000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
LEXEntryCode: 33.381
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Communication
LEXSubDomains: Foolish Talk
LEXSenses:
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
LEXReferences: ACTs 17:18