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Vines cites συκοφαντέω to mean showing the fig or fig-shower, meaning someone who accused another of illegaly exporting figs. And the sycamore that Zacchaeus climbed is of the fig family.
It it a pleasant linguistic coincidence, seeing that figs and fig trees were relatively common or is there something to a "fig-shower" making himself known from within a fig tree?
I think you are dead on! The author of this article does a great job explaining the word play and metaphor. Nice job!
Who Cares That it Was a Sycamore? Climbing Trees and Playing on Words in Luke 19.1-10
