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σολοικίζω

σολοικίζω, to speak incorrectly, commit a solecism

σολοικ-ίζω, fut. -ιῶ A.D. Synt. 199.14:—
  • speak or write incorrectly, commit a solecism, φωνῇ Σκυθικῇ σ. speak bad Scythian, Hdt. 4.117; σ. τῇ φωνῇ D. 45.30, cf. Arist. SE 173b20, Rh. 1407b18; defined as τῇ λέξει βαρβαρίζειν, Id. SE 165b20; coupled with βαρβαρίζειν, Phld. Rh. 1.154 S., Plu. Adul. 2.59f.
      • 2 to be guilty of an absurdity, σ. ἐν δόξαις Epicur. Nat. 14.9, cf. 10; περὶ σολοικιζόντων λόγων, title of treatise by Chrysippus, Stoic. 2.6.
    • II err against good manners or propriety in any way (in speech, thought, dress, eating, etc.), behave boorishly, Zeno Stoic. 1.23; περί τι Plu. Aud. 2.45e; τῇ χειρί Philostr. VS 1.25.9.

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