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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[vexatious]] or [[dishonest]] [[prosecution]], [[chicane]], [[barratry]], [[blackmail]], Lys.4.14, 28.6 (pl.), X.''HG''2.3.12, D.18.249, Charondas ap.D.S.12.12; [[συκοφαντίαν τοῖς πράγμασι προσάγειν]] = [[employ]] [[chicane]] in the [[case]], D.19.98; [[τοῖς οἰκείοις συκοφαντίαν δέδωκεν]] = has given to his friends an [[opportunity]] for [[chicane]], has offered to his friends the right of [[vindictive]] [[prosecution]] Id.23.67, cf. ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]'' 472.33 (ii A.D.); contrasted with [[φήμη]], Aeschin.2.145; [γραφὴ] συκοφαντίας Arist.''Ath.''59.3; συκοφαντίας αὐτοῦ κατέγνωτε Lys.13.65.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[oppression]], σ. πένητος [[LXX]] ''Ec.''5.7, cf. ''Ps.''118(119).134; [[extortion]], PTeb.43.36 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">τὸ τακτὸν εἰς τὸ πρόστιμον</b> <b class="b3">τῆς σ.</b> ''PFlor.''6.6 (iii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[quibble]], [[sophism]], Arist.''Rh.'' 1402a15, cf. ''EE''1221b7.