σῡκοφαντ-έω · sykophant-eō — LSJ
to be a, prosecute vexatiously, blackmail, seek occasion against
The corpus record
σῡκοφαντ-έω
sukophanteo
to be a, prosecute vexatiously, blackmail, seek occasion against
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Distribution
- Against Euthynus 8 · 73.39/10k
- Against Callicles 12 · 57.28/10k
- Against Pantaenetus 12 · 32.23/10k
- For Phormio 10 · 25.46/10k
- Against Theocrines 11 · 23.64/10k
- Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 4 · 19.85/10k
- Against Callimachus 6 · 16.93/10k
- Against Apaturius 4 · 15.8/10k
- Philip's Letter 2 · 14.23/10k
- Against Aphobus 3 5 · 12.9/10k
- Against Boeotus 1 3 · 11.01/10k
- Against Ergocles 1 · 10.99/10k
Densest 12 of 63 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
Attestations
- συκοφαντεῖν · sykophantein Plato, Republic 1.341 (DIORISIS sentence 440)
- συκοφάντει · sykophantei Plato, Republic 1.341 (DIORISIS sentence 449)
- συκοφαντεῖν · sykophantein Plato, Republic 1.341 (DIORISIS sentence 450)
- συκοφαντοῦσιν · sykophantousin Plato, Republic 9.575 (DIORISIS sentence 5383)
- συκοφαντῶν · sykophantōn Epictetus, Discourses 4.5 (DIORISIS sentence 6599)
- συκοφαντούντων · sykophantountōn Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.9.5 (DIORISIS sentence 920)
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