συκοφαντία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ • (sūkophăntĭ́ā) 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 sūkophăntĭ́ā 		τὼ σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ
tṑ sūkophăntĭ́ā 		αἱ σῡκοφᾰντῐ́αι
hai sūkophăntĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱς
tês sūkophăntĭ́ās 		τοῖν σῡκοφᾰντῐ́αιν
toîn sūkophăntĭ́ain 		τῶν σῡκοφᾰντῐῶν
tôn sūkophăntĭôn
Dative τῇ σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾳ
tēî sūkophăntĭ́āi 		τοῖν σῡκοφᾰντῐ́αιν
toîn sūkophăntĭ́ain 		ταῖς σῡκοφᾰντῐ́αις
taîs sūkophăntĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱν
tḕn sūkophăntĭ́ān 		τὼ σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ
tṑ sūkophăntĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s sūkophăntĭ́ās
Vocative σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ
sūkophăntĭ́ā 		σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ
sūkophăntĭ́ā 		σῡκοφᾰντῐ́αι
sūkophăntĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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