sponger

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

klapper

a babbler, gossiper, one who picks up seeds and trifles as does a bird.

babbler

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

babbler

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: Act.17:18.† (AS)