κατασοφ-ίζομαι,
A. outwit by sophismsorfallacies, c. acc. pers., LXX Ex. 1.10 , Luc. DDeor. 1.1 , etc.; ταῖς εὑρησιλογίαις κ. τὴν δύναμιν τῆς πεπρωμένης
D.S. 17.116
; τὸν νόμον διὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ κακουργίας κ.
Just. Nov. 72.5
: c. gen., Ael.in Ar.Byz. Epit. 58.6 :—also as Pass. ,to be outwitted, Plu. 2.80c , Alex.Aphr. in SE 43.22 , Luc. DDeor. 16.2 , Longin. 17.1 .
2. κ. τι περί τινων evade by quibbling,CIG(add.) 4224d10 (Anticragus).
3. falsify, J. AJ 8.15.5 .