sophisma

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sŏphisma, ătis, n., = σόφισμα,

a false conclusion , fallacy , sophism (pure Lat. captio), Sen. Ep. 45, 8; Gell. 18, 13, 2 (in Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 24, 75, written as Greek, and explained by fallaces conclusiunculae; cf. also Sen. Ep. 111, 1).