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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=sycophanta sycophantae N F :: [[informer]], [[trickster]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>sȳcŏphanta</b>: (sūc-), ae, m., = [[συκοφάντης]] (orig. a [[fig]]-[[informer]], i. e. one [[who]] informed [[against]] those [[who]] exported figs from [[Attica]] [[contrary]] to [[law]]; [[hence]], in gen.),<br /><b>I</b> an [[informer]], [[tale]]-[[bearer]], [[backbiter]], [[slanderer]]; a [[deceiver]], [[trickster]], [[cheat]] (anteand post-class.; cf.: [[calumniator]], [[quadruplator]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[sucophanta]] et [[subdolus]], Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 72; id. Curc. 4, 1, 2; id. Men. 2, 2, 10; 5, 9, 28 al.; Ter. And. 4, 5, 20; 5, 4, 16; Gell. 14, 1, 32.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[cunning]] [[flatterer]], [[parasite]], [[sycophant]] (syn.: [[planus]], [[scurra]]), Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8; id. Men. 2, 1, 35; Prud. Apoth. 35.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sȳcŏphanta</b>¹⁵ <b>(suc-)</b>, æ, m. ([[συκοφάντης]]),<br /><b>1</b> celui qui dénonce un exportateur de figues [à Athènes] : Fest. 302 ; P. Fest. 303<br /><b>2</b> fourbe, sycophante, imposteur : Pl. Pœn. 1032<br /><b>3</b> flatteur habile, parasite : Pl. Amph. 506.
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{{Georges
|georg=sȳcophanta (sūcophanta), ae, m. ([[συκοφάντης]]), eig. der Feigenanzeiger, der jmd. angibt, der [[gegen]] das [[Verbot]] aus Attika Feigen ausführt; dah. I) der gewinnsüchtige-, ränkevolle Ankläger, Verleumder, [[Ränkeschmied]], [[Gauner]], Plaut., Ter. u. [[Hieron]]. – II) übtr. zuw. = listiger [[Schmeichler]], [[Schmarotzer]], Plaut. u. Prud.
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