τυραννίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-ίδος, ἡ, voc.<br><span class="bld">A</span> τυραννί [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''380:—[[monarchy]], [[sovereignty]], μεγάλης οὐκ ἐρέω τ. Archil.25, cf. Pi.''P.''2.87, 11.53 (pl.), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''535, E.''Ba.''43, etc.; of the [[sovereignty]] of [[Zeus]], ἡ Διὸς τ. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]'' 10, al., cf. infr. 11.2:—but more freq.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[despotic rule]], obtained by force or fraud, [[tyranny]], Simon.71, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.53,81, Ar.''V.''417, Th.1.13, etc.; <b class="b3">τυραννίδα ἔχετε τὴν ἀρχήν</b> (of the Athenians) Id.3.37; <b class="b3">τ. ὑμῶν</b> [[lordship]] over you, D.2.30: metaph., ἡ ἐπιθυμιῶν ἐν ψυχῇ τ. Pl. ''Lg.''863e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in concrete sense, <b class="b3">ἡ Διὸς τ.</b> [[royal]] Zeus, S.''Fr.''345: pl., <b class="b3">αἱ τυραννίδες</b>, = [[οἱ τύραννοι]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.137; ἴδεσθε χώρας τὴν διπλῆν τ. A.''Ch.''973.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[territory]] or [[resources of a princeling]], Liv.38.14.12.<br><span class="bld">III</span> fem. of [[τύραννος]], [[princess]], [[LXX]] ''Es.''1.18.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> name of a medicine, Gal.14.165.