2. sound judgment, intelligence, practical wisdom, such as was attributed to the Seven Wise men, Theogn. , Hdt. ; in not so good a sense, cunning, shrewdness, craft, like deinovth" , Hdt.
3. wisdom, philosophy, Theogn ., Att.
sofivzw , f. sw , ( sofov" ) to make wise, instruct, N.T.
2. Pass. to be clever or skilled in a thing, c. gen ., nautilivh" sesofismevno" skilled in seamanship, Hes. :— absol. to pursue wisdom, be well instructed, Xen.
3.
Med.
to teach oneself, learn,
ti
Id.
II.
sofivzomai
, as
Dep.
, with
aor.
I
med.
and
pf. pass.
to play subtle tricks, deal subtly,
Theogn
.,
Eur.
,
etc.
;
oujde;n sofizovmesqa toi`si daivmosi
we argue
not
subtly
about the gods,
Eur.
:—in speaking,
to use sophistical arguments, to quibble,
periv ti
Plat
.;
kaivper ou{tw touvtou sesofismevnou
though this man
has dealt
thus
craftily,
Dem.
2. c. acc. rei, to devise cleverly or skilfully, Hdt ., Ar. ; ajllovtria " . to meddle with other mens craft, Ar .; to; tou`to dei` sofisqh`nai this one must gain by craft, Soph .: —pf. part. sesofismevno" in pass. sense, craftily devised, N.T.
3. c. acc. pers. to deceive, Anth. Hence sovfisma
sovfisma
sovfisma , ato", tov , any skilful act, the skilful dressing of food, Xen.
II.
a clever device, contrivance,
Hdt
.,
Trag.
2.
in less good sense,
a sly trick, artifice,
Eur
.,
Thuc.
;
a stage-trick, claptrap,
Ar.
3.
a captious argument, a quibble, fallacy, sophism,
Plat
.,
etc.
Hence
sofismavtion
sofismavtion
sofismavtion , tov , Luc. ; and sofistevon
sofistevon
sofistevon , verb. Adj. one must contrive, Arist.
sofisteuvw
sofisteuvw , f. sw , to play the sophist, argue as one, Dem.
2. to give lectures, of the Sophists, Plut.
sofisthv"
sofisthv" , ou`, oJ , ( sofivzomai ) a master of ones craft or art, an adept, of a diviner, Hdt. ; of poets, Pind. ; of the Creator, Plat. ; metaph. , ". phmavtwn an adept in misery, Eur.
2. like frovnimo" , one who is clever in matters of life, a wise man, in which sense the seven Sages are called sofistaiv , Hdt. ; of Prometheus, Aesch.
II. at Athens, a Sophist, i.e. a Professor of grammar, rhetoric, politics, mathematics, such as Prodicus, Gorgias, Protagoras, Thuc. , Plat. , etc. At first the Sophists were held in honour; but from their loose principles they fell into ill repute, and the word came to mean,
2. a sophist (in bad sense), a quibbler, cheat, Ar ., Dem. , etc.
sofistikov"
sofistikov" , hv, ovn , ( sofisthv" ) of or for a sophist, Plat.
2. like a sophist, sophistical, Xen ., etc. Adv. -kw`" , Plat.
sofivstria