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A. outwit by sophisms or fallacies, c. acc. pers., LXX Ex. 1.10, Luc. DDeor. 1.1, etc.; ταῖς εὑρησιλογίαις κ. τὴν δύναμιν τῆς πεπρωμένης D.S. 17.116; τὸν νόμον διὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ κακουργίας κ. Just. Nov. 72.5: c. gen., Ael.in Ar.Byz. Epit. 58.6:—also as Pass., to be outwitted, Plu. 2.80c, Alex.Aphr. in SE 43.22, Luc. DDeor. 16.2, Longin. 17.1.

2. κ. τι περί τινων evade by quibbling, CIG(add.)4224d10 (Anticragus).

3. falsify, J. AJ 8.15.5.