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ἄμπελον κόπτοντες τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ἐσέβαλλον καὶ λίθους — → cutting down the vines 'round the sanctuary, they threw in rocks as well

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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be a</b> συκοφάντης 1, παππῷος ὁ βίος συκοφαντεῖν ἐστί μοι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1452</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span>828</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ec.</span>562</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Lys.22.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.23</span>, <span class="bibl">21.5</span>, al., <span class="bibl">D.53.1</span>, <span class="bibl">55.1</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>1</span>, al.; ς κατ' ἀγοράν <span class="bibl">Diph.32.16</span>: c. acc. pers., <b class="b2">prosecute vexatiously, blackmail</b>, <b class="b3">συκοφαντεῖς τοὺς ξένους</b>; <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Av.</span>1431</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>1096</span> (lyr.); τοὺς συμμάχους <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.318</span>; ἑτέρους ἔσειε καὶ ἐσυκοφάντει <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.43</span>; σ. τοὺς τὰς οὐσίας ἔχοντας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1304b22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.19.9</span> (Pass.); συκοφαντοῦμαι νῦν ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἀδίκως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>43</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>11.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>23.4</span>; ἰδόντες . . σε ὑπὸ Δημέου συκοφαντούμενον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>57.2</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>212.4</span>, <span class="bibl">628.3</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPR</span>232.3</span> (ii/iii A.D.); freq. of blackmail by officials, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span> 43.26</span>, <span class="bibl">789.21</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>112i4</span>, <span class="bibl">113.10</span>,<span class="bibl">16</span> (ii B.C.); συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ διασεῖσαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1756.11</span> (i B.C.); μηδένα διασείσητε μηδὲ συκοφαντήσητε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>3.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPR</span>238.6</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>382.57</span> (iii A.D.); <b class="b3">τοῦ συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς</b> to <b class="b2">seek occasion against</b> us, <b class="b2">oppress</b> us, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>43.18</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ συκοφαντῶν πένητα</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>14.31</span>; <b class="b2">accuse falsely</b>, <b class="b3">ταυτὶ γὰρ συκοφαντεῖσθαι τὸν Ἕκτορα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου</b> that is <b class="b2">a false charge brought against</b> Hector by Homer, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Her.</span>12b</span>; κύριε Γάϊε, συκοφαντούμεθα <span class="bibl">Ph.2.598</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.145</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.38.28</span>, al.: c. acc. et gen., τὸν θεὸν ὀλιγωρίας <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Fr.</span>40</span>: c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">denounce as contraband</b>, Μεγαρέων τὰ χλανίσκια <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>519</span>; <b class="b2">extort by false charges</b> or <b class="b2">threats</b>, τριάκοντα μνᾶς <span class="bibl">Lys.26.24</span>; εἴ τινός τι ἐσυκοφάντησα, ἀποδίδωμι τετραπλοῦν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>19.8</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Isoc.18.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">criticize in a pettifogging way</b>, τοὺς ποιητάς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1456a5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Th.</span>52</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Dem.</span>34</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.26.1</span>; <b class="b2">lay verbal traps for</b> one, <b class="b3">τὸν ῥήτορα βουλόμενος δικαίως ἐξετάζειν καὶ μὴ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.18.232</span>; σ. Θρασύμαχον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>341c</span>; <b class="b3">ὑποσκελίζειν καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.18.138</span>: c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">quibble about</b>, <b class="b3">μὴ τὰ συμβάντα συκοφάντει</b> ib.192; σ. τὸ πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl">Id.23.61</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>25</span>; <b class="b2">carp at, stint</b>, τὸν ἐπὶ τοῖς καλλίστοις ἔργοις ἔπαινον <span class="bibl">D.S.4.8</span>: abs., <b class="b2">quibble</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>341b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>139b26</span>, <span class="bibl">157a32</span>, <span class="bibl">D.20.62</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[κνίζω ἐρωτικῶς]], <span class="bibl">Pl.Com. 255</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.1071</span>.</span>
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be a</b> συκοφάντης 1, παππῷος ὁ βίος συκοφαντεῖν ἐστί μοι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1452</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span>828</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ec.</span>562</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Lys.22.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.23</span>, <span class="bibl">21.5</span>, al., <span class="bibl">D.53.1</span>, <span class="bibl">55.1</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>1</span>, al.; ς κατ' ἀγοράν <span class="bibl">Diph.32.16</span>: c. acc. pers., <b class="b2">prosecute vexatiously, blackmail</b>, <b class="b3">συκοφαντεῖς τοὺς ξένους</b>; <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Av.</span>1431</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>1096</span> (lyr.); τοὺς συμμάχους <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.318</span>; ἑτέρους ἔσειε καὶ ἐσυκοφάντει <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.43</span>; σ. τοὺς τὰς οὐσίας ἔχοντας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1304b22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.19.9</span> (Pass.); συκοφαντοῦμαι νῦν ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἀδίκως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>43</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>11.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>23.4</span>; ἰδόντες . . σε ὑπὸ Δημέου συκοφαντούμενον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>57.2</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>212.4</span>, <span class="bibl">628.3</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPR</span>232.3</span> (ii/iii A.D.); freq. of blackmail by officials, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span> 43.26</span>, <span class="bibl">789.21</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>112i4</span>, <span class="bibl">113.10</span>,<span class="bibl">16</span> (ii B.C.); συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ διασεῖσαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1756.11</span> (i B.C.); μηδένα διασείσητε μηδὲ συκοφαντήσητε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>3.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPR</span>238.6</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>382.57</span> (iii A.D.); <b class="b3">τοῦ συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς</b> to <b class="b2">seek occasion against</b> us, <b class="b2">oppress</b> us, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>43.18</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ συκοφαντῶν πένητα</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>14.31</span>; <b class="b2">accuse falsely</b>, <b class="b3">ταυτὶ γὰρ συκοφαντεῖσθαι τὸν Ἕκτορα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου</b> that is <b class="b2">a false charge brought against</b> Hector by Homer, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Her.</span>12b</span>; κύριε Γάϊε, συκοφαντούμεθα <span class="bibl">Ph.2.598</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.145</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.38.28</span>, al.: c. acc. et gen., τὸν θεὸν ὀλιγωρίας <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Fr.</span>40</span>: c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">denounce as contraband</b>, Μεγαρέων τὰ χλανίσκια <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>519</span>; <b class="b2">extort by false charges</b> or <b class="b2">threats</b>, τριάκοντα μνᾶς <span class="bibl">Lys.26.24</span>; εἴ τινός τι ἐσυκοφάντησα, ἀποδίδωμι τετραπλοῦν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>19.8</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Isoc.18.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">criticize in a pettifogging way</b>, τοὺς ποιητάς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1456a5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Th.</span>52</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Dem.</span>34</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.26.1</span>; <b class="b2">lay verbal traps for</b> one, <b class="b3">τὸν ῥήτορα βουλόμενος δικαίως ἐξετάζειν καὶ μὴ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.18.232</span>; σ. Θρασύμαχον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>341c</span>; <b class="b3">ὑποσκελίζειν καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.18.138</span>: c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">quibble about</b>, <b class="b3">μὴ τὰ συμβάντα συκοφάντει</b> ib.192; σ. τὸ πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl">Id.23.61</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>25</span>; <b class="b2">carp at, stint</b>, τὸν ἐπὶ τοῖς καλλίστοις ἔργοις ἔπαινον <span class="bibl">D.S.4.8</span>: abs., <b class="b2">quibble</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>341b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>139b26</span>, <span class="bibl">157a32</span>, <span class="bibl">D.20.62</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[κνίζω ἐρωτικῶς]], <span class="bibl">Pl.Com. 255</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.1071</span>.</span>
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Transliteration A: sykophantéō Transliteration B: sykophanteō Transliteration C: sykofanteo Beta Code: sukofante/w

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   A to be a συκοφάντης 1, παππῷος ὁ βίος συκοφαντεῖν ἐστί μοι Ar.Av.1452, cf. Ach.828, Ec.562, al., Lys.22.1, Isoc.15.23, 21.5, al., D.53.1, 55.1, al., Men.Epit.1, al.; ς κατ' ἀγοράν Diph.32.16: c. acc. pers., prosecute vexatiously, blackmail, συκοφαντεῖς τοὺς ξένους; Ar. Av.1431, cf. V.1096 (lyr.); τοὺς συμμάχους Isoc.15.318; ἑτέρους ἔσειε καὶ ἐσυκοφάντει Antipho 6.43; σ. τοὺς τὰς οὐσίας ἔχοντας Arist.Pol. 1304b22, cf. Lys.19.9 (Pass.); συκοφαντοῦμαι νῦν ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἀδίκως Id.Fr.43, cf.X.Oec.11.21, Thphr.Char.23.4; ἰδόντες . . σε ὑπὸ Δημέου συκοφαντούμενον PMich.Zen.57.2 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen.212.4, 628.3 (iii B.C.), CPR232.3 (ii/iii A.D.); freq. of blackmail by officials, PTeb. 43.26, 789.21 (ii B.C.), UPZ112i4, 113.10,16 (ii B.C.); συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ διασεῖσαι BGU1756.11 (i B.C.); μηδένα διασείσητε μηδὲ συκοφαντήσητε Ev.Luc.3.14, cf. CPR238.6 (ii A.D.), PFlor.382.57 (iii A.D.); τοῦ συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς to seek occasion against us, oppress us, LXX Ge.43.18; ὁ συκοφαντῶν πένητα ib.Pr.14.31; accuse falsely, ταυτὶ γὰρ συκοφαντεῖσθαι τὸν Ἕκτορα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου that is a false charge brought against Hector by Homer, Philostr.Her.12b; κύριε Γάϊε, συκοφαντούμεθα Ph.2.598, cf. 1.145, D.C.38.28, al.: c. acc. et gen., τὸν θεὸν ὀλιγωρίας Ael.Fr.40: c. acc. rei, denounce as contraband, Μεγαρέων τὰ χλανίσκια Ar.Ach.519; extort by false charges or threats, τριάκοντα μνᾶς Lys.26.24; εἴ τινός τι ἐσυκοφάντησα, ἀποδίδωμι τετραπλοῦν Ev.Luc.19.8: abs., Isoc.18.10.    2 criticize in a pettifogging way, τοὺς ποιητάς Arist.Po.1456a5, cf. D.H.Th.52, Dem.34, D.S.26.1; lay verbal traps for one, τὸν ῥήτορα βουλόμενος δικαίως ἐξετάζειν καὶ μὴ σ. D.18.232; σ. Θρασύμαχον Pl.R.341c; ὑποσκελίζειν καὶ σ. D.18.138: c. acc. rei, quibble about, μὴ τὰ συμβάντα συκοφάντει ib.192; σ. τὸ πρᾶγμα Id.23.61, D.H.Dem.25; carp at, stint, τὸν ἐπὶ τοῖς καλλίστοις ἔργοις ἔπαινον D.S.4.8: abs., quibble, Pl.R.341b, Arist.Top.139b26, 157a32, D.20.62.    II = κνίζω ἐρωτικῶς, Pl.Com. 255, Men.1071.

German (Pape)

[Seite 973] ein συκοφάντης sein, falsch anklagen, verleumden, chikaniren, τινά, Ar. Ach. 493 Av. 1431; Plat. Rep. I, 341 b; Xen. Mem. 2, 9, 5; Aesch. 1, 20 u. sonst; auch pass., οἱ σεσυκοφαντημένοι, Dem. 25, 83; Lys. 19, 9 u. Sp.