sophisticus

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

sŏphistĭcus, a, um, adj., = σοφιστικός,

sophistic , sophistical; res admodum insidiosa et sophistica, neque ad veritates magis quam ad captiones reperta, Tiro Tullius ap. Gell. 7, 3, 35: captio, Gell. 18, 2, 6: ostentatio, Arn. 1, 36: ut concidant sophistica, Prud. Apoth. 2, 41.—Adv.: sŏphi-stĭcē , sophistically : interpretari legem et cavillari, Cod. Just. 8, 10, 12, § 3; Vulg. Ecclus. 37, 23.