σόφισμα
σόφισμα
from σοφίζω
σόφισμα, ατος, τό,
any skilful act, the skilful dressing of food, Xen.
a clever device, contrivance, Hdt., Trag.
in less good sense, a sly trick, artifice, Eur., Thuc.; a stage-trick, claptrap, Ar.
a captious argument, a quibble, fallacy, sophism, Plat., etc.
Headword (normalized):
σόφισμα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σοφισμα
Intro Text:
σόφισμα
from σοφίζω
σόφισμα, ατος, τό,
any skilful act, the skilful dressing of food, Xen.
a clever device, contrivance, Hdt., Trag.
in less good sense, a sly trick, artifice, Eur., Thuc.; a stage-trick, claptrap, Ar.
a captious argument, a quibble, fallacy, sophism, Plat., etc.
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