συκοφάντης

Ancient Greek

σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) +‎ φαίνω (phaínō, “show”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

σῡκοφᾰ́ντης • (sūkophántēs) m (genitive σῡκοφᾰ́ντου); first declension

(Attic, Koine)

First declension of ὁ σῡκοφᾰ́ντης; τοῦ σῡκοφᾰ́ντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῡκοφᾰ́ντης ho sūkophántēs	τὼ σῡκοφᾰ́ντᾱ tṑ sūkophántā	οἱ σῡκοφᾰ́νται hoi sūkophántai
Genitive	τοῦ σῡκοφᾰ́ντου toû sūkophántou	τοῖν σῡκοφᾰ́νταιν toîn sūkophántain	τῶν σῡκοφᾰντῶν tôn sūkophantôn
Dative	τῷ σῡκοφᾰ́ντῃ tôi sūkophántēi	τοῖν σῡκοφᾰ́νταιν toîn sūkophántain	τοῖς σῡκοφᾰ́νταις toîs sūkophántais
Accusative	τὸν σῡκοφᾰ́ντην tòn sūkophántēn	τὼ σῡκοφᾰ́ντᾱ tṑ sūkophántā	τοὺς σῡκοφᾰ́ντᾱς toùs sūkophántās
Vocative	σῡκοφᾰ́ντᾰ sūkophánta	σῡκοφᾰ́ντᾱ sūkophántā	σῡκοφᾰ́νται sūkophántai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

συκοφάντης in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From the Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs, “informant”). But how a φάντης (“who shows”) σῦκα (sûka, “figs”) came to mean "informant", is debated.

συκοφάντης • (sykofántis) m (feminine συκοφάντισσα or συκοφάντρια)

συκοφάντης is a false friend, and does not have the nowadays meaning of English sycophant.

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