I.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.
sŏphistes or sŏphista , ae, m., = σοφιστής,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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