sŏphistes or sŏphista, ae, m., = σοφιστής,
a sophist : quis hic est? num sophistes? sic enim appellabantur hi, qui ostentationis aut quaestus causā philosophabantur, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 23, 72; cf. id. Fin. 2, 1, 1; id. Or. 11, 37: Protagoras, sophistes maximus, id. N. D. 1, 23, 63.—Form sophista, Gell. 17, 5, 3; voc. : insulse sophista, Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Eun. 301.