cavillatrix

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τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

căvillātrix: īcis, f. cavillator, II. (only twice in Quint.),
I she who seeks to take by sophistry: conclusio, Quint. 7, 3, 14; hence also sophistry, id. 2, 15, 25.