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σόφ-ισμα , ατος, τό,
A.acquired skill, method, in medicine, Hp.Loc.Hom.41.
2. in less good sense, sly trick, artifice, “δίκην δοῦναι ς. κακῶνE.Ba.489, cf. Hec.258; ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς ταὐτὰ παρόντα ς. Th.6.77, cf. D.35.2; stage-trick, claptrap, Ar.Ra.17, 872, 1104; of tricks in government, Arist.Pol.1297a35, 1308a2; in cookery, X.Hier.1.23 (pl.).
3. captious argument, quibble, sophism, Pl.R.496a, D.25.18, Epicur.Nat.28.9, etc.; περὶ σοφισμάτων, title of work by Chrysippus; “ς. τῆς ῥητορικῆςLongin.17.2; opp. a true logical argument (φιλοσόφημα, ἐπιχείρημα), Arist.Top.162a16:— Ar. calls a person σόφισμ᾽ ὅλον, Av.431, cf.Ath.1.11b.
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