σοφιστεία
From LSJ
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A sophistry, D.S.12.53, Plu.2.78f, D.L.2.113, etc.; opp. σοφία, Ph.1.10; σ. μαντική, of Balaam, ib.609; title of work by Hermagoras of Amphipolis, Stoic.1.102: acc. to Poll.4.50, a barbarism.