"sycophanta" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latin]

IPA: /syː.koˈpʰan.ta/ [Classical-Latin], [syːkɔˈpʰän̪t̪ä] [Classical-Latin], /si.koˈfan.ta/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [sikoˈfän̪t̪ä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs, “slanderer”), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|συκοφάντης||slanderer}} Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs, “slanderer”) Head templates: {{la-noun|sȳcophanta<1>|g=m}} sȳcophanta m (genitive sȳcophantae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|sȳcophanta<1>}} Forms: sȳcophanta [canonical, masculine], sȳcophantae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], sȳcophanta [nominative, singular], sȳcophantae [nominative, plural], sȳcophantae [genitive, singular], sȳcophantārum [genitive, plural], sȳcophantae [dative, singular], sȳcophantīs [dative, plural], sȳcophantam [accusative, singular], sȳcophantās [accusative, plural], sȳcophantā [ablative, singular], sȳcophantīs [ablative, plural], sȳcophanta [singular, vocative], sȳcophantae [plural, vocative], sūcophanta [alternative]
  1. A snitch, informant Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-sycophanta-la-noun-M0T~I9Bb Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 41 9 49 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the first declension: 41 16 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 11 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 28 38
  2. A slanderer Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-sycophanta-la-noun-9tgEije3 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the first declension: 41 16 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 11 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 28 38
  3. A trickster Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-sycophanta-la-noun-pF82zVTI Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 41 9 49 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the first declension: 41 16 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 11 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 28 38
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          "expansion": "→ English: sycophant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: sycophant"
    },
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          "expansion": "→ French: sycophante",
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      ],
      "text": "→ French: sycophante"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: sicofanta (learned)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: sicofanta (learned)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "form": "sȳcophanta",
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      ]
    },
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        "genitive"
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "form": "sȳcophanta",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "sȳcophantīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sȳcophantās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sȳcophantā",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "sȳcophantīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sȳcophanta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sȳcophantae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sūcophanta",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sȳcophanta<1>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "sȳcophanta m (genitive sȳcophantae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sȳcophanta<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 9 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 16 43",
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 11 49",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 28 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A snitch, informant"
      ],
      "id": "en-sycophanta-la-noun-M0T~I9Bb",
      "links": [
        [
          "snitch",
          "snitch"
        ],
        [
          "informant",
          "informant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "41 16 43",
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 11 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 28 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A slanderer"
      ],
      "id": "en-sycophanta-la-noun-9tgEije3",
      "links": [
        [
          "slanderer",
          "slanderer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 9 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 16 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the first declension",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 11 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 28 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A trickster"
      ],
      "id": "en-sycophanta-la-noun-pF82zVTI",
      "links": [
        [
          "trickster",
          "trickster"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/syː.koˈpʰan.ta/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[syːkɔˈpʰän̪t̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si.koˈfan.ta/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sikoˈfän̪t̪ä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sycophanta"
}
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    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms spelled with Y",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "descendants": [
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          "expansion": "→ English: sycophant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: sycophant"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "sycophante",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: sycophante",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: sycophante"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "sicofanta",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: sicofanta (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: sicofanta (learned)"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs, “slanderer”), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sȳcophanta",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophanta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophanta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sȳcophantae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sūcophanta",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sȳcophanta<1>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "sȳcophanta m (genitive sȳcophantae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "sȳcophanta<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A snitch, informant"
      ],
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        [
          "snitch",
          "snitch"
        ],
        [
          "informant",
          "informant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A slanderer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slanderer",
          "slanderer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A trickster"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trickster",
          "trickster"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/syː.koˈpʰan.ta/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[syːkɔˈpʰän̪t̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si.koˈfan.ta/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sikoˈfän̪t̪ä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sycophanta"
}

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