τυραννικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of]] or for a [[τύραννος]], [[royal]], αἷμα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>828</span>; τρόποισιν οὐ τυραννικοῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>479</span>; κράτος τ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>373</span>; λῆμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>348</span>; [[δόμος]], [[στέγαι]], ib.<span class="bibl">740</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>882</span>; <b class="b3">κύκλος τ</b>. the circle or assembly [[of kings]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 749</span>; <b class="b3">τ. θέαμα</b> (in good sense) <span class="bibl">Phalar.<span class="title">Ep.</span>122.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[befitting a tyrant]], [[despotic]], τυραννικόν τοι πόλλ' ἐπίστασθαι λέγειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>335</span>; συμφοραὶ τ. [[that befall a tyrant]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.91</span>; [[smacking of tyranny]], <b class="b3">τὸ σῦκον</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὸ Αακωνικὸν</b>) ἐχθρόν ἐστι καὶ τ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>108</span> (troch.); φρονῶν τυραννικά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>507</span> (troch.); ξυνωμοσία τ. [[in favour of tyranny]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.60</span>; νόμοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>338e</span>; <b class="b3">τι δρᾶσαι τῶν τ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">574b</span>; μαθὼν ἀντὶ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ τὸ τ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.18</span>; τὰ τ. [[the period of the tyrants]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1303a38</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[tyrannical]], of persons, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>574c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>248e</span>, etc.; Sup. -ώτατος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>575d</span>, <span class="bibl">580c</span>; [[fit for tyrannical government]], <b class="b3">οἱ τ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">οἱ δημοτικοί</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.49</span>; τυραννικὸν [δίκαιον] οὐκ ἔστι κατὰ φύσιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1287b39</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -κῶς, ζῆν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>575a</span>; opp. [[βασιλικῶς]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.154</span>; opp. [[πολιτικῶς]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>16.2</span>: Comp. -ώτερον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1313a2</span>.</span>