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.

ἀποστοματίζω apostomatizō 1x pr. to speak or repeat offhand; also, to require or lead others to speak without premeditation, as by questions calculated to elicit unpremeditated answers, to endeavor to entrap into unguarded language, Luk_11:53

* ἀποστοματίζω ( < στόμα ), 1. In cl ., to speak from memory, to dic\-tate to a pupil ( Plat .). 2. In late Gk ., to catechize, question : Luk_11:53 ( MM , s.v. ).†

ἀποστοματίζω [page 70] We have no citations for this word, which is literary in classical and post-classical times. The difficulty in Luk_11:53 is the factitive sense, i.e. to make repeat answers, for which the only adequate parallel in Wetstein s long list is a use of the passive assigned by Pollux (i. 102) to Plato, = ὑπὸ τῶν διδασκάλων ἐρωτᾶσθαι τὰ μαθήματα , ὡς ἀπὸ στόματος λέγειν τὸ αὐτό . It may be added that Grimm s reference to στοματίζω not extant is misleading : the verb was formed directly from ἀπὸ στόματος , just as ἐνωτίζομαι from ἐν ὠτί , etc.

ἀποστοματίζω [Etym: στόμα] "to dictate by word of mouth, teach by dictation", γράμματα Plat. "to question sharply or to provoke" one "to speak", NTest. "to recite, repeat by heart", Plut.

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)