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πότερον: the second member is to be supplied from the following question.
ἢ μή (sc. φάθι): to be understood like οὔ φημι (nego).
μανθάνω: ironic; as if Socrates could by any means judge what Callicles did mean from a general statement of what he did not mean. ὑφαντικώτατον: a sup. coined for the occasion.
περιιέναι: sc. in order to show off in them; still stronger is the following (31) περιπατεῖν (“strut about”).
ποίων ἱματίων: expresses indignant contempt. Cf. Charm. 174 b ἆρά γε (οἶδε) τὸ πεττευτικόν; ποῖον πεττευτικόν;
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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