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κατασοφίζομαι

κατασοφίζομαι, to conquer by sophisms

κατασοφ-ίζομαι,
  • outwit by sophisms or fallacies, c. acc. pers., LXX Ex. 1.10, Luc. DDeor. 5[1].1, etc.; ταῖς εὑρησιλογίαις κ. τὴν δύναμιν τῆς πεπρωμένης D.S. 17.116; τὸν νόμον διὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ κακουργίας κ. Just. Nov. 72.5: c. gen., Ael. in Ar.Byz. Epit. 58.6:—also as Pass., to be outwitted, Plu. Profect. 2.80c, Alex.Aphr. in SE 43.22, Luc. DDeor. 18[16].2, Longin. 17.1.
      • 2 κ. τι περί τινων evade by quibbling, CIG (add.) 4224d10 (Anticragus).
      • 3 falsify, J. AJ 8.15.5.

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