Ἀποσυκάζεις

[Meaning] you are accusing, you are testing. For a)posuka/zein is to examine the ripened figs. Therefore he added "pressing". For we test whether the figs have ripened or not by squeezing [them]. So since one says suka/zein ["to gather figs"] and sukofa/ntein ["to show figs"] and su=ka kle/ptein ["to steal figs"], simply by saying suka/zeis ["you are fig-gathering"] one infers "pressing", both as if dealing with figs and at the same time because he is squeezing those he is blackmailing; and "he presses" by taking bribes from and agitating those who are held accountable for their conduct, that is those who have not yet presented the accounts of the office with which they had been entrusted.¹ Thus he used this word, from which he is called a "sycophant" [sukofa/nths]. For in ancient times figs were valuable to the Athenians, and if someone was accused of stealing figs he was punished. They also used to say fai/nein ["to expose, declare, sc. figs"] for accusing also.²