σοφιστιάω
From LSJ
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
English (LSJ)
play the sophist, Eubulid.1, Plu.2.42a, 545c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 915] wie ein Sophist reden, d. i. im Reden oder Schreiben künsteln; Eubulid. bei Ath. X, 437 d; vgl. Plut. de audit. 6.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
faire le sophiste.
Étymologie: σοφιστής.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σοφιστιάω: φέρομαι ὡς σοφιστής, ἐπιδεικνύομαι σοφιστικῶς, Εὔβουλ. ἐν «Κωμ.» 1, Πλούτ. 2. 42Α.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
σοφιστιάω: рассуждать как софист, мудрствовать (ἐρίζειν καὶ σ. Plut.).
