sycophanta
Latin
Alternative forms
- sūcophanta
Etymology
From Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs, “slanderer”), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [syː.kɔˈpʰan.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [si.koˈfan̪.t̪a]
Noun
sȳcophanta m (genitive sȳcophantae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sȳcophanta | sȳcophantae |
| genitive | sȳcophantae | sȳcophantārum |
| dative | sȳcophantae | sȳcophantīs |
| accusative | sȳcophantam | sȳcophantās |
| ablative | sȳcophantā | sȳcophantīs |
| vocative | sȳcophanta | sȳcophantae |
Descendants
- Catalan: → sicofanta (learned), → sicofant
- → English: sycophant
- → French: sycophante
- → Italian: sicofante
- → Portuguese: sicofanta (learned)
- → Romanian: sicofant
- Spanish: → sicofanta (learned), → sicofante
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.