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|mdlsjtxt=σῡκο-[[φάντης]], ου, ὁ, [[φαίνω]]<br />a false [[accuser]], [[slanderer]], Ar., etc.; ([[never]] used in the [[modern]] [[sense]] of [[sycophant]], i. e. [[κόλαξ]]):—[[generally]], a false [[adviser]], Dem. (Commonly [[derived]] from [[σῦκον]], [[φαίνω]], one who informed [[against]] persons exporting figs from [[Attica]]: [[better]] perh. a fig-shewer, i. e. one who brings figs to [[light]] by [[shaking]] the [[tree]] (the figs having been [[hidden]] in the [[thick]] [[foliage]]); and then, metaph., one who makes [[rich]] men [[yield]] up [[their]] [[fruit]] by false accusations). | |mdlsjtxt=σῡκο-[[φάντης]], ου, ὁ, [[φαίνω]]<br />a false [[accuser]], [[slanderer]], Ar., etc.; ([[never]] used in the [[modern]] [[sense]] of [[sycophant]], i. e. [[κόλαξ]]):—[[generally]], a false [[adviser]], Dem. (Commonly [[derived]] from [[σῦκον]], [[φαίνω]], one who informed [[against]] persons exporting figs from [[Attica]]: [[better]] perh. a fig-shewer, i. e. one who brings figs to [[light]] by [[shaking]] the [[tree]] (the figs having been [[hidden]] in the [[thick]] [[foliage]]); and then, metaph., one who makes [[rich]] men [[yield]] up [[their]] [[fruit]] by false accusations). | ||
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|ftr='''συκοφάντης''': {sukophántēs}<br />'''Forms''': — Daneben συκοφάσεις pl. = συκοφαντίαι (''AP''; nach ἀποφάσεις u.a.).<br />'''Grammar''': m.<br />'''Meaning''': [[falscher Ankläger]], [[Denunziant]], später auch [[Ränkeschmied]], [[Schmarotzer]]<br />'''Derivative''': mit [[συκοφαντέω]] [[als Denunziant auftreten]], [[falsch anklagen]], [[Erpressung üben]], -ία f. [[falsche Anklage]], -ίας m. ([[ἄνεμος]]) "Anklagewind" (scherzhafte Bildung; Ar.), -ημα n. = -ία, -ικός und -ώδης [[verleumderisch]] (att. usw.). Fem. [[συκοφάντρια]] (Ar.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 25).<br />'''Etymology''' : Ausdruck der Volkssprache, eig. "Feigenanzeiger", schon in der Antike verschieden erklärt. Nach einer Auffassung (Plu. ''Sol''. 24) eig. von einem, welcher Leute, die gegen das Verbot aus Attika Feigen ausführten, aufspürte und angab. Nach Cook ClassRev. 1907, 133 ff. (zustimmend Kretschmer Glotta 1, 386 m. Lit.) bezieht sich der Ausdruck auf eine apotropäische Geste wie ital. ''far'' ''le'' ''fiche'', frz. ''faire'' ''la'' ''figue'' ''à'' ''qn''. Für die wörtliche Interpretation Gernet Mél. Boisacq 1, 393.<br />'''Page''' 2,818-819 | |||
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