τυραννεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=and [[τυραννέω]], the former always in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] (v. infr.) and found in Alc.''Supp.''28.12 (prob.); both in Trag. and Com., as the metre required, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''408 with ''OC''449; E.''Med.''967, ''Ph.''560 with ''Hel.''786; Ar.''Av.''483 (anap.) with ''Lys.''631 (troch.), ''Fr.''357; and X. used both, cf. ''Cyr.''1.1.1 with ''HG'' 4.4.6; Pl. has -έω in ''Lg.''693a, ''R.''580c, al., -εύω in ''Men.''76b, more freq. in aor.: <span class="bld">A</span> fut. -εύσω E.''El.''877 (lyr.), Ar.''Lys.'' [[l.c.]], -ήσω first in Plu.2.403c, App.''BC''2.139: aor. ἐτυράννευσα Sol.33.6, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.14, Th.6.55,59, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 576c, ''Grg.''473d, ''Phdr.''238b, etc., -ησα E.''HF''29, X.''HG''2.2.24: pf. τετυράννευκα Isoc.8.113, -ηκα first in Plb.2.59.1:—Pass., fut. -ηθήσομαι Sopat. in Rh.8.335 W.; but Med. [[τυραννήσομαι]] in pass. sense, D.20.161: aor. ἐτυραννεύθην Th.1.18, Pl. (v. infr.), -ήθην D.H.4.82, Str.8.6.25:—to [[be a monarch]], [[be an absolute ruler]], and in aor. to become such, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.14, 5.92. έ, Th.6.55, etc.; ὡς χρὴ τυραννεῖν, Ἰσοκράτους ἠκούσατε Isoc.3.11; τυραννεύσασα ἡ ἐπιθυμία Pl.''Phdr.''238b: in Poets, to [[be a prince]] or [[princess]], E.''Med.''967.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., to [[be ruler of]] a people or place, τ. Ἀθηνῶν Sol.33.6; <b class="b3">Σαρδίων, Μιλήτου, Ἀθηναίων, Μήδων</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.15, 20, 59, 73; [[χθονός]], [[γαίας]], S.''OC''449, E.''El.''877 (lyr.), etc.; τῶν κακιόνων Id.''Fr.''1048.6; Σάμου Th.1.13; <b class="b3">τᾶς πόλιος</b> (''[[sc.]]'' Eresus) ''IG''12(2).526d20 (iv B. C.): metaph., [Κύπρις] Διὸς τυραννεῖ πλευμόνων S.''Fr.''941.15.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc., τὸ συμπόσιον Luc.''DMeretr.'' 3.2 codd.; [[Μεσσήνην]] [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] (cod. S) in D.17.7:—Pass., to [[be under the sway of]] [[τύραννος|τύραννοι]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.55, 78, Th.1.18, etc.; τυραννουμένη πόλις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 545c, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.137, 5.92.ά, X.''HG''2.3.48; ὑπό τινος τυραννήσεσθαι D.20.161; τυραννευθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἔρωτος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 574e.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to [[be of a tyrannical disposition]], [[be imperious]], Id.''Alc.'' 1.135a, ''Men.''76b.