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1 σοφιστής
A master of one's craft, adept, expert, of diviners, Hdt.2.49; of poets,μελέταν σοφισταῖς πρόσβαλον Pi.I.5(4).28
, cf. Cratin.2; of musicians,σοφιστὴς.. παραπαίων χέλυν A.Fr. 314
, cf. Eup.447, Pl.Com. 140; σοφιστῇ Θρῃκί (sc. Thamyris) E.Rh. 924, cf. Ath.14.632c: with modal words added,οἱ σ. τῶν ἱερῶν μελῶν Ael.NA11.1
; of the Creator of the universe ([etym.] ὁ δημιουργός) , πάνυ θαυμαστὸν λέγεις ς. Pl.R. 596d; of cooks,εἰς τοὺς σ. τὸν μάγειρον ἐγγράφω Alex.149.14
, cf. Euphro 1.11; οἱ τὴν ἱππείαν ς. skilled in.., Ael.NA13.9: metaph., σ. πημάτων deviser, contriver of pains, E.Heracl. 993:—then,2 wise, prudent or statesmanlike man, in which sense the seven Sages are called σοφισταί, Hdt.1.29, cf. Isoc.15.235, Arist.Fr.5, D.61.50; of Pythagoras, Hdt.4.95; of natural philosophers, Hp.VM20; of Isocrates and Plato, D.H.Comp.25; of the Βραχμᾶνες, Arr.An.6.16.5, cf. γυμνοσοφισταί; freq. with a slightly iron. sense,ἵνα μάθῃ σ. ὢν Διὸς νωθέστερος A.Pr.62
, cf. 944;ψυχή.. κρείσσων σοφιστοῦ παντὸς εὑρέτις S.Fr. 101
, cf. E.Hipp. 921: prov., : of the philosophic sage, Aristid.2.311 J.II from late v B.C., a Sophist, i.e. one who gave lessons in grammar, rhetoric, politics, mathematics, for money, such as Prodicus, Gorgias, Protagoras,τὴν σοφίαν τοὺς ἀργυρίου τῷ βουλομένῳ πωλοῦντας σοφιστὰς ἀποκαλοῦσιν X.Mem.1.6.13
, cf. Cyn.13.8, Th.3.38, Pl.Prt.31 3c, Euthd. 271c, La. 186c, Men. 85b, Isoc.15.148, Arist.SE 165a22;σ. ἄχρηστοι καὶ βίου δεόμενοι Lys.33.3
; but sts. even of Socrates (though he did not teach for money), Aeschin.1.173; so of Christ, Luc.Peregr.13: hence (from the ill repute of the professed sophists at Athens),2 sophist (in bad sense), quibbler, cheat, Ar.Nu. 331, 1111, al., Pl.Sph. 268d;γόητα καὶ σοφιστὴν ὀνομάζων D.18.276
.3 later of the ῥήτορες, Professors of Rhetoric, and prose writers of the Empire, such as Philostratus and Libanius, Suid.;Ἀπολλωνίδῃ σοφιστῇ PLips. 97
X 18 (iv A.D.); freq. as a title in epitaphs, IG3.625,637,680,775, 14.935.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σοφιστής
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