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σοφισ-τικός

sophistikos

of, for a sophist, of sophists

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Where it lives

Sophist 7 · 4.37/10k
De Interpretatione 1 · 1.61/10k
Gorgias 3 · 1.14/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Metaphysics 8 · 1.02/10k
Rhetoric 4 · 0.93/10k
Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 2 · 0.36/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

σοφισ-τικός · sophis-tikos — LSJ

of, for a sophist, of sophists, sophistry

of or for a sophist, βίος Pl. Phdr. 248e; τὸ σ. γένος the class of sophists, Id. Sph. 224c; ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) sophistry, ib. 224d, al.

2 sophistical, fallacy

sophistical, μὴ σ. ποιεῖν ἀλλὰ σοφούς X. Cyn. 13.7; ἐροῦμεν σοφὸν ἢ σ.; Pl. Sph. 268b; σ. λόγος fallacy, Arist. Pol. 1307b36; περὶ σ. ἐλέγχων, title of work by Arist. Adv. -κῶς Pl. Tht. 154e, Arist. Rh. 1419a14.

In the wild

σοφιστικὸν · sophistikon Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1563)
σοφιστικὸν · sophistikon Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1490)
σοφιστικὰς · sophistikas Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 40)
σοφιστική · sophistikē Aristotle, Metaphysics book 11 (DIORISIS sentence 3048)
σοφιστικὴ · sophistikē Aristotle, Metaphysics book 11 (DIORISIS sentence 2937)
σοφιστικὴ · sophistikē Aristotle, Metaphysics book 4 (DIORISIS sentence 741)

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