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† sŏphistes or sŏphista, ae, m., = σοφιστής, a sophist: quis hic est? num sophistes? sic enim appellabantur hi, qui ostentationis aut quaestus causā philosophabantur, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 72; cf. id. Fin. 2, 1, 1; id. Or. 11, 37: Protagoras, sophistes maximus, id. N. D. 1, 23, 63.
Form sophista, Gell. 17, 5, 3; voc.: insulse sophista, Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 10.
1. sŏphistĭcē, adv., v. sophisticus fin.
2. sŏphistĭcē, ēs, f., = σοφιστική (τέχνη), false reasoning, sophistry, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 17, 10.
† sŏphistĭcus, a, um, adj., = σοφιστικός, sophistic, sophistical; res admodum insidiosa et sophistica, neque ad veritates magis quam ad captiones reperta, Tiro Tullius ap. Gell. 7, 3, 35: captio, Gell. 18, 2, 6: ostentatio, Arn. 1, 36: ut concidant sophistica, Prud. Apoth. 2, 41.
Adv.: sŏphi-stĭcē, sophistically: interpretari legem et cavillari, Cod. Just. 8, 10, 12, § 3; Vulg. Ecclus. 37, 23.