sycophanta in Latin

IPA: /syː.koˈpʰan.ta/ [Classical-Latin], [s̠yːkɔˈpʰän̪t̪ä] [Classical-Latin], /si.koˈfan.ta/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [sikoˈfän̪t̪ä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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]

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        "A slanderer"
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          "_dis": "38 7 55",
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}

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        "declension-1"
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      "ipa": "/si.koˈfan.ta/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sikoˈfän̪t̪ä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}

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"sycophanta" meaning in Latin

Noun