G0653
ἀποστοματίζω
to interrogate
ἀποστοματίζω (στόμα), __1. In cl., to speak from memory, to dictate to a pupil (Plat.). __2. In late Gk., to catechize, question: Luk.11:53 (MM, see word).† (AS)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ἀποστοματίζω — apostomatízō
ἀποστοματίζω; (στοματίζω — not extant — from στόμα); properly, "to speak ἀπό στόματος (cf. ἀποστηθίζω);
1. to recite from memory: Themistius, or. 20, p. 238, Hard. edition; to repeat to a pupil (anything) for him to commit to memory: Plato, Euthyd., p. 276 c., 277 a.; used of a Sibyl prophesying, Plutarch, Thes. 24.
2. to ply with questions, catechize, and so to entice to (off-hand) answers: τινα, Luk 11:53.
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