sycophanta
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.