καταφιλοσοφέω

τινος
A. overcome in philosophizing, τινος Ael. NA 6.56; but -σοφήσαντες· διὰ τῆς σιγῆς νικήσαντες, Hsch., cf. Phot., Suid.
II. prove philosophically, κ. ὅτι . . Arr. Epict. 4.1.167.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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