κ112Καθιππάζεσθαι
to trample underfoot
[Meaning] to harry, to dispute, to contend with. "Bion the sophist was a complicated man, one who had given much ammunition to those wishing to trample philosophy underfoot".
Καθιππάζεσθαι· συνελαύνειν, ἐρίζειν, συντρέχειν. ὁ δὲ Βίων ὁ σοφιστὴς ποικίλος ἦν, πλείστας ἀφορμὰς δεδωκὼς τοῖς βουλομένοις καθιππάζεσθαι φιλοσοφίας.
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