ὀλιγαρχεῖσθαι

From LSJ

Ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ δυστυχοῦντι μὴ πλάσῃς κακόν → Miseri miseriae ne quid affingas mali → Vermehre nicht dem Unglücksraben noch sein Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 145

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ὀλιγαρχέω): be governed by an oligarchy

Lexicon Thucydideum

paucorum imperio uti, to be under the rule of a few, 5.31.6, 8.63.3, 8.63.38.76.1, 8.91.3.