σοφισ-τεύω,
A. play the sophist, dealorargue as one, D. 61.48 , Arist. SE 165a28 , Epicur. Nat. 14.6 ;occupy oneself with academic pursuits, Cic. Att. 2.9.3 , 9.9.1 ;practise the profession of sophist, Epicur. Fr. 172 .
2. give lectures, as the Sophists did, esp. in Rhetoric, Plu. Luc. 22 , Caes. 3 , etc.; ἐπ' ἀργυρίῳ
Id. 2.1047f
: c. acc. cogn.,ς. τὰ ῥητορικά lecture inrhetoric, Phld. Rh. 1.223
S. , Str. 13.1.66 .
II. trans.,devise artfully,τι
Hld. 6.9 : also,conceal artfully, dissemble, τὸν ἔρωτα
Id. 1.10
.