σόφισμα
σόφ-ισμα,
ατος,
τό,
II). clever device, ingenious contrivance,
Pi. O. 13.17 (pl.);
ς. μηχανᾶσθαι Hdt. 3.85 ;
ς. καὶ μηχαναί ib.
152 ;
ἀριθμὸν ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων A. Pr. 459 ;
οὐκ ἔχω ς. ὅτῳ .. πημονῆς ἀπαλλαγῶ ib.
470 ;
μὴ .. κἀκχέω τὸ πᾶν ς.
S. Ph. 14 ;
τὸ Θεσσαλὸν ς.
a trick in fighting, v.
Θεσσαλός; πολλαῖσι μορφαῖς οἱ θεοὶ σοφισμάτων σφάλλουσιν ἡμᾶς E. Fr. 972 ;
τέχναι .. καὶ ς.
Ar. Pl. 160 ;
τὸ γὰρ ς. δημοτικόν Id. Nu. 205 ;
πρὸς μὲν Σωκράτη .. τὸ ς. μοι οὐδέν Pl. Smp. 214a ;
τὸ ς. τὸ τοῦ δρεπάνου Id. La. 183d .
2). in less good sense,
sly trick, artifice,
δίκην δοῦναι ς. κακῶν E. Ba. 489 , cf.
Hec. 258 ;
ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ταὐτὰ παρόντα ς.
Th. 6.77 , cf.
D. 35.2 ;
stage-trick, claptrap,
Ar. Ra. 17 ,
872 ,
1104 ; of
tricks in government,
Arist. Pol. 1297a35 ,
1308a2 ; in cookery,
X. Hier. 1.23 (pl.).
3). captious argument, quibble, sophism,
Pl. R. 496a ,
D. 25.18 ,
Epicur. Nat. 28.9 , etc.;
περὶ σοφισμάτων, title of work by Chrysippus;
ς. τῆς ῥητορικῆς Longin. 17.2 ; opp. a true logical argument (
φιλοσόφημα, ἐπιχείρημα),
Arist. Top. 162a16 :—
Ar. calls a person
σόφισμ’ ὅλον,
Av. 431 , cf.
Ath. 1.11b .
ShortDef
any skilful act, the skilful dressing of food
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σόφισμα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σοφισμα
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σόφ-ισμα</span>, <span class="itype greek">ατος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">acquired skill, method</span>, in medicine, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg026:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg026:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Loc.Hom.</span> 41 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clever device, ingenious contrivance</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 13.17 </a> (pl.); <span class="quote greek">ς. μηχανᾶσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.85 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ς. καὶ μηχαναί</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:152/canonical-url/"> 152 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀριθμὸν ἔξοχον σοφισμάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:459" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:459/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 459 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐκ ἔχω ς. ὅτῳ .. πημονῆς ἀπαλλαγῶ</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:470" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:470/canonical-url/"> 470 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μὴ .. κἀκχέω τὸ πᾶν ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 14 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ Θεσσαλὸν ς</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a trick</span> in fighting, v. <span class="ref greek">Θεσσαλός; πολλαῖσι μορφαῖς οἱ θεοὶ σοφισμάτων σφάλλουσιν ἡμᾶς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 972 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">τέχναι .. καὶ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:160" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:160/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 160 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ γὰρ ς. δημοτικόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:205" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:205/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 205 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς μὲν Σωκράτη .. τὸ ς. μοι οὐδέν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:214a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:214a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 214a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ ς. τὸ τοῦ δρεπάνου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg019:183d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg019:183d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">La.</span> 183d </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in less good sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sly trick, artifice</span>, <span class="quote greek">δίκην δοῦναι ς. κακῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:489" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:489/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 489 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:258" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:258/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 258 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ταὐτὰ παρόντα ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.77 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg035.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg035.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 35.2 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stage-trick, claptrap</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:872" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:872/canonical-url/"> 872 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1104/canonical-url/"> 1104 </a>; of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tricks</span> in government, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1297a:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1297a.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1297a35 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1308a:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1308a.2/canonical-url/"> 1308a2 </a>; in cookery, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hier.</span> 1.23 </a> (pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">captious argument, quibble, sophism</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:496a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:496a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 496a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg025.perseus-grc1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg025.perseus-grc1:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 25.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:28:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:28.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.</span> 28.9 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">περὶ σοφισμάτων</span>, title of work by Chrysippus; <span class="quote greek">ς. τῆς ῥητορικῆς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Longin.</span> 17.2 </span> ; opp. a true logical argument (<span class="etym greek">φιλοσόφημα, ἐπιχείρημα</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:162a:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:162a.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 162a16 </a>:— <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> </span> calls a person <span class="foreign greek">σόφισμ’ ὅλον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:431" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:431/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 431 </a>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:11b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.11b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 1.11b </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}