Lexical Definition

‎σπερμολόγος‎ spermológos (sper-mol-og'-os) babbler ^G:A
from ‎σπέρμα‎ and ‎λέγω‎

babbler.

• a seed-picker (as the crow), i.e. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk)

Abbott-Smith

* 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: Ac 17:18.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

σπερμολόγος-λόγος, ον,

(λέγω) picking up seeds, of birds, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: as substantive, rook, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; glossed κολοιῶδες ζῷον, [σπερμολόγοςλόγων τε γένη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 232 (Lyric poetry), compare 579. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 τὰ σπερμολόγοςλόγα τῶν παιδαρίων guttersnipes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II picking up scraps, gossiping, ἄνθρωπος [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also πικρὰ καὶ σ. ῥήματα [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III as substantive, one who picks up and retails scraps of knowledge, an idle babbler, gossip, [NT+4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.17.18}