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Étym<\/b>. σῦκον, φαίνω ; cf. franç<\/i>. « faire la figue à qqn ».<\/p>" }, { "dictionary": "LSJ", "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)", "source": null, "description": "ου, ὁ, common informer, voluntary denouncer<\/b> (there being no Public Prosecutor), e.g. of contraband imports, καὶ σ. εἴ τις ἦν ὠνείδισας ; did you dare to reproach a σ. ? Ar. Ach.<\/i> 559, cf. 725, 825; of unlawful possession, Id. Pl.<\/i> 873, 879, 885; of disaffection to Athens, Isoc. 15.313 (cf. 316-18); κλητήρ εἰμι νησιωτικὸς καὶ σ. Ar. Av.<\/i> 1423; the σ. became notorious as pettifoggers, Lycurg. 31 (cf. Ar. Ach.<\/i> 920-4), D. 20.62, vexatious prosecutors of innocent persons esp. if rich, Lys. 25.3, D. 57.34, and blackmailers, Antipho 5.78, 80, Lys. 7.20, And. 1.105, D. 21.103, 58.27, Aeschin. 2.5, 3.256, Hyp. Lyc.<\/i> 2, Theopomp.Hist. 107, 267, Luc. Tim.<\/i> 36; having thus abused their legal powers, they were treated as criminals, [οἱ τριάκοντα] τοὺς ς.… ἀνῄρουν Arist. Ath.<\/i> 35.3, cf. X. HG<\/i> 2.3.38, Isoc. 15.313, 18.3; συκοφαντῶν προβολαί Arist. Ath.<\/i> 43.5, cf. Aeschin. 2.145; they were numerous in democracies, Thphr. Char.<\/i> 26.5; χρῆν… ἐγγίγνεσθαι… πάσῃ δημοκρατίᾳ σ. Plu. Tim.<\/i> 37; δημαγωγῶν πλῆθος καὶ σ. at Syracuse, D.S. 11.87; rarer in oligarchies, e.g. Boeotia, Ar. Ach.<\/i> 904; βασιλεὺς ἐνδεὴς προσόδων μέγας σ. a great extortioner<\/b>, LXX Pr. 28.16. in New Com., professional swindler<\/b> or confidential agent<\/b>, πράττει δ’ ὁ κόλαξ ἄριστα πάντων, δεύτερα ὁ σ. Men. 223.17, cf. Georg. Fr.<\/i> 1, Philippid. 29; so in Lat. sycophanta<\/b>, Plaut. Poen.<\/i> 1032, Trin.<\/i> 815, Ter. Andr.<\/i> 815; humbug<\/b>, Favorin. ap. Gell. 14.1.32. = Lat. delator<\/b>, ὁ πικρὸς σ. Ἰσίδωρος Ph. 2.597, cf. OGI 669.41 (Egypt, i AD), Cod.Just.<\/i> 1.4.34.17, al.(From σῦκον φαίνειν, orig. used of denouncers of the attempted export of figs from Athens, acc. to Ister 35, Plu. Sol.<\/i> 24, 2.523b; orig. of citizens entrusted with the collection of figs as part of the public revenues of Athens and the denouncing of tax-evaders, acc. to Philomnest. 1; of denouncers of figs which had been stolen from the sacred fig-trees during a famine and had become cheap, the famine having passed, Sch. Ar. Pl.<\/i> 31, cf. Fest. p. 393 L. ; these and modern explanations are mere guesses; the word first in Ar. but implied by συκοπέδιλος.)" }, { "dictionary": "Pape", "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)", "source": null, "description": "[ῡ], ὁ, der Sykophant<\/i>, eigtl. der Feigenanzeiger, ein Aufpasser, der diejenigen ausspürt u. anzeigt, die gegen das Verbot handeln, nach welchem man keine Feigen aus Attika ausführen und verkaufen sollte ; dah. ein Jeder, der aus Bosheit oder Gewinnsucht Andere anklagte ; ein ränkevoller, falscher Ankläger, Chikaneur<\/i> ; eine in Athen seit Perikles sehr zahlreiche und verachtete Menschenklasse ; Ar. Ach<\/i>. 533, Av<\/i>. 1423, Plut<\/i>. 31 u. öfter ; Xen. Mem<\/i>. 2.9.3 ; συκοφάντης γὰρ εἶ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Plat. Rep<\/i>. I.340d, u. öfter, u. Folgde." }, { "dictionary": "TBESG", "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars", "source": null, "description": "a false accuser, slanderer <\/b>, [Aristophanes Comicus (5th\/4th c.BC)], etc.; (never used in the modern sense of sycophant <\/b>, i. e. κόλαξ); generally, a false adviser <\/b>, [Demosthenes Orator (Refs 4th c.BC)] (Commonly derived from σῦκον, φαίνω, one who informed against persons exporting figs <\/b> from Attica: better perhaps a fig-shewer <\/b>, i. e. one who brings figs to light by shaking the tree <\/b> (the figs having been hidden in the thick foliage); and then, metaphorically<\/i>, one who makes rich men yield up their fruit by false accusations). <\/b> (ML)" } ] } ] }