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Illustration by Peter Newell for the poem "The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven" in Fables for the Frivolous, by Guy Wetmore Carryl; in French, the fox says "I admire your beautiful plumage" to the raven
In modern English, sycophant denotes an "insincere flatterer" and is used to refer to someone practising sycophancy (i.e., insincere flattery to gain advantage). The word has its origin in the legal system of Classical Athens. Most legal cases of the time were brought by private litigants as there was no police force and only a limited number of officially appointed public prosecutors. By the fifth century BC this practice had given rise to abuse by "sycophants": litigants who brought unjustified prosecutions.[1] The word retains the same meaning ('slanderer') in Modern Greek,[2] French (where it also can mean 'informer'), and Italian. In modern English, the meaning of the word has shifted to its present usage.
^MacDowell, Douglas M. (1986). The Law in Classical Athens. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. pp. 62–66. ISBN 978-0-80149365-2 – via Google Books.
^"συκοφάνÏ"ης - Ελληνοαγγλικό Λεξικό WordReference.com". www.wordreference.com. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
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