σπερμολόγος

A. picking up seeds, of birds, Id. Demetr. 28, Alex.Mynd. ap. Ath. 9.388a: as Subst., rook, Arist. HA 592b28; glossed κολοιῶδες ζῷον, Hsch.; σπερμολόγων τε γένη Ar. Av. 232 (lyr.), cf. 579.

2. τὰ σπερμολόγα τῶν παιδαρίων guttersnipes, Ath. 3.85f.

II. picking up scraps, gossiping, ἄνθρωπος D.H. 19.5 (Sup., ib.4); also πικρὰ καὶ ς. ῥήματα Plu. 2.456c.

III. as Subst., one who picks up and retails scraps of knowledge, an idle babbler, gossip, D. 18.127, Act.Ap. 17.18, Ath. 8.344c.