σῡκοφαντ-ία · sykophant-ia — LSJ
vexatious, dishonest prosecution, chicane, barratry, blackmail, opportunity for chicane, oppression, extortion
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σῡκοφαντ-ία
sukophantia · ἡ
vexatious, dishonest prosecution, chicane, barratry, blackmail, opportunity for chicane, oppression, extortion
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Distribution
- Against Ergocles 1 · 10.99/10k
- On A Wound By Premeditation 1 · 10.57/10k
- For Phormio 3 · 7.64/10k
- On the Peace 1 · 6.89/10k
- Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
- Against Callimachus 2 · 5.64/10k
- Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes 1 · 5.47/10k
- Against Phaenippus 1 · 4.51/10k
- Against Aristogeiton 1 3 · 4.48/10k
- Ecclesiastes 2 · 4.42/10k
- Against Agoratus 2 · 4.17/10k
- Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
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Attestations
- συκοφαντίας · sykophantias Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.12 (DIORISIS sentence 516)
- συκοφαντίας · sykophantias Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..59 (DIORISIS sentence 711)
- συκοφαντίας · sykophantias Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
- συκοφαντίας · sykophantias Aristotle, Politics 1268b (DIORISIS sentence 626)
- συκοφαντίαν · sykophantian Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
- συκοφαντία · sykophantia Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 60)
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