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† 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.