σοφιςτεία

A. sophistry, D.S. 12.53, Plu. 2.78f, D.L. 2.113, etc.; opp. σοφία, Ph. 1.10; ς. μαντική, of Balaam, ib.609; title of work by Hermagoras of Amphipolis, Stoic. 1.102: acc. to Poll. 4.50, a barbarism.