σοφιστεύω
From LSJ
Ἔπαινον ἕξεις, ἂν κρατῇς, ὧν δεῖ κρατεῖν → Laus est, si, quibus est imperandum, tu imperes → Lob hast du, wenn du herrschst, worüber zu herrschen gilt
English (LSJ)
A play the sophist, deal or argue as one, D.61.48, Arist.SE165a28, 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 in rhetoric, 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.
