sorites

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sōrītes: ae (
I acc. sing. soritam, Cic. ap. Non. p. 329, 20 dub.), m., = σωρείτης>, a logical sophism formed by an accumulation of arguments, a sorites (pure Lat. acervus), Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; id. Ac. 2, 16, 49; 2, 33, 107; Sen. Ben. 5, 19, 9.