τερθρεία

A. use of extreme subtlety, hair-splitting, formal pedantry, Isoc. 10.4, Phld. Oec. p.75 J., Ph. 2.191, al.; τ. μυθική in religion, D.H. 2.19; of disputes about words, Gal. 8.637, UP 4.9; εἴτις εἰς τὴν Στωϊκὴν τ. ἀπάγοι τὸν λόγον Procl. in Prm. p.534 S.
II. = στρατεία 3, Phot., Suid.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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