σπερμολόγος

σπερμολόγος, -ον

(σπέρμα, λέγω)

a seed picker;

(a) prop., of birds (Arist., Aristoph, al.);

(b) in Attic slang, of an idler who lives on scraps picked up in the agora; hence, as subst., ὁ σ., an idle babbler: ApG 17,18,†