sycophanta
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs, “slanderer”), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /syː.koˈpʰan.ta/, [s̠yːkɔˈpʰän̪t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /si.koˈfan.ta/, [sikoˈfän̪t̪ä]
Noun[edit]
sȳcophanta m (genitive sȳcophantae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sȳcophanta | sȳcophantae |
Genitive | sȳcophantae | sȳcophantārum |
Dative | sȳcophantae | sȳcophantīs |
Accusative | sȳcophantam | sȳcophantās |
Ablative | sȳcophantā | sȳcophantīs |
Vocative | sȳcophanta | sȳcophantae |
Descendants[edit]
- French: sycophante
- Spanish: sicofanta
References[edit]
- “sycophanta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sycophanta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sycophanta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.