Quick Definition
ἀποστοματίζω v. I draw out by questioning
Strong's Definition
from 575 and a (presumed) derivative of 4750; to speak off-hand (properly, dictate), i.e. to catechize (in an invidious manner)
KJV Usage: provoke to speak
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | στόμα
33.183 · Communication · Question, Answer
to ask hostile questions, to inquire with hostility to question someone with hostile intent
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
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, Lk. 11:53*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀποστοματίζω
(< στόμα),
In cl., to speak from memory, to dictate to a pupil (Plat.).
In late Gk., to catechize, question: Lk 11:53 (MM, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποστοματίζω. We have no citations for this word, which is literary in classical and post-classical times. The difficulty in Lk 115% is the factitive sense, gs. ‘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 > , OTOTEAE® λέγειν τὸ αὐτό. It may be added that Grimm’s reference to ‘‘oropar({o—not extant” is misleading: the verb was formed directly from ἀπὸ στόματος, just as ἐνωτίζομαι from ἐν ὠτί, ete.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποστοματίζω (apostomatizō) — to interrogate. ἀποστομ-ᾰτίζω, (στόμα) teach by word of mouth, teach by dictation, γράμματα ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὸ ἀποστοματιζόμενον dictated lesson, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. interrogate, catechize, as a master his pupil, [NT+5th c.BC+]
II. repeat by heart, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, recite, repeat, [Refs 1st c.AD+]