συκοφαντία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῡκοφᾰ́ντης (sūkophántēs, “denouncer, informer”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syː.ko.pʰan.tí.aː/ → /sy.ko.ɸanˈti.a/ → /si.ko.fanˈdi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syː.ko.pʰan.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sy.ko.pʰanˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sy.ko.ɸanˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sy.ko.fanˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.ko.fanˈdi.a/

Noun

σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ • (sūkophantíā) f (genitive σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. vexatious or dishonest prosecution, chicane, barratry, blackmail
2. oppression, extortion
3. quibble, sophism, deception

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ hē sūkophantíā	τὼ σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ tṑ sūkophantíā	αἱ σῡκοφᾰντῐ́αι hai sūkophantíai
Genitive	τῆς σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱς tês sūkophantíās	τοῖν σῡκοφᾰντῐ́αιν toîn sūkophantíain	τῶν σῡκοφᾰντῐῶν tôn sūkophantiôn
Dative	τῇ σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾳ têi sūkophantíāi	τοῖν σῡκοφᾰντῐ́αιν toîn sūkophantíain	ταῖς σῡκοφᾰντῐ́αις taîs sūkophantíais
Accusative	τὴν σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱν tḕn sūkophantíān	τὼ σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ tṑ sūkophantíā	τᾱ̀ς σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱς tā̀s sūkophantíās
Vocative	σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ sūkophantíā	σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ sūkophantíā	σῡκοφᾰντῐ́αι sūkophantíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “συκοφαντία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “συκοφαντία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• συκοφαντία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette