sycophanta
Latin
Alternative forms
- sūcophanta
Etymology
From Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs, “slanderer”), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /syː.koˈpʰan.ta/, [syː.kɔˈpʰan.ta]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /si.koˈfan.ta/
Noun
sȳcophanta m (genitive sȳcophantae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sȳcophanta | sȳcophantae |
| Genitive | sȳcophantae | sȳcophantārum |
| Dative | sȳcophantae | sȳcophantīs |
| Accusative | sȳcophantam | sȳcophantās |
| Ablative | sȳcophantā | sȳcophantīs |
| Vocative | sȳcophanta | sȳcophantae |
Descendants
- French: sycophante
- Spanish: sicofanta
References
- 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
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