Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σοφιστικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σοφιστικός σοφιστική σοφιστικόν

Structure: σοφιστικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sofisth/s

Sense

  1. of or for a sophist
  2. like a sophist, sophistical

Examples

  • ὧν ἐστιν ὅ τε φορτικὸσ καὶ κενὸσ καὶ παιδαριώδησ ἐπιτάφιοσ καὶ τὸ τοῦ σοφιστικοῦ λήρου μεστὸν ἐγκώμιον εἰσ Παυσανίαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 44 1:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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