σοφιςτεύω

A. play the sophist, deal or argue as one, D. 61.48, Arist. SE 165a28, Epicur. Nat. 14.6; occupy oneself with academic pursuits, Cic. Att. 2.9.3, 9.9.1; practise the profession of sophist, Epicur. Fr. 172.

2. give lectures, as the Sophists did, esp. in Rhetoric, Plu. Luc. 22, Caes. 3, etc.; ἐπ’ ἀργυρίῳ Id. 2.1047f: c. acc. cogn., ς. τὰ ῥητορικά lecture in rhetoric, Phld. Rh. 1.223 S., Str. 13.1.66.

II. trans., devise artfully, τι Hld. 6.9: also, conceal artfully, dissemble, τὸν ἔρωτα Id. 1.10.