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sȳcămīnus or -os, i, f., = συκάμινος, a mulberry-tree, Cels. 3, 18 med.; 5, 18, 7; cf. Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 184.
Called sȳcă-mīnon, ōnis, Dig. 47, 11, 10; and sȳcŏ-mŏrus, Cels. 5, 18, 7; Isid. 17, 7, 20.

sȳcŏmŏrus, v. sycaminus.

sȳcŏphanta (sūc-), ae, m., = συκοφάντης (orig. a fig-informer, i. e. one who informed against those who exported figs from Attica contrary to law; hence, in gen.), an informer, tale-bearer, backbiter, slanderer; a deceiver, trickster, cheat (anteand post-class.; cf.: calumniator, quadruplator).

  1. I. Lit.: sucophanta et subdolus, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 72; id. Curc. 4, 1, 2; id. Men. 2, 2, 10; 5, 9, 28 al.; Ter. And. 4, 5, 20; 5, 4, 16; Gell. 14, 1, 32.
  2. II. Transf., a cunning flatterer, parasite, sycophant (syn.: planus, scurra), Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8; id. Men. 2, 1, 35; Prud. Apoth. 35.

sȳcŏphantī̆a (sūc-), ae, f., = συκοφαντια, craft, cunning, deceit; sing.: sucophantia atque doli, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 70; id. Poen. 3, 3, 41; id. Mil. 3, 1, 172.
Plur., Plaut. As. 1, 1, 56; 3, 2, 2; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 88; id. Ps. 1, 5, 159; id. Pers. 2, 5, 24.

* sȳcŏphantĭōsē (sūc-), adv. [sycophanta], craftily, knavishly, deceitfully: agere quicquam (with malefice), Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 113.

sȳcŏphantor (sūc-), āri, v. dep. n. [id.], to play the rogue, to deceive, trick, cheat (Plautinian): ego nunc sucophantae huic sucophantari volo, I have a mind to trick this trickster, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 116: hoc me sucophantari pudet, id. ib. 3, 3, 58.

sȳcŏphyllon, i, n., = συκόφυλλον, marsh-mallows, App. Herb. 58.