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  "headword": "τύραννος",
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          "definition": "<i>an absolute ruler,</i> unlimited by law or constitution, first in h.Mart. 5 (unless the hymn is late), where it is used of a god, Ἆρες, . . ἀντιβίοισι τύραννε; so ὁ τῶν θεῶν τ., of Zeus, A. Pr. 736, cf. Ar. Nu. 564 (lyr.); ὦ τύραννε τᾶς ἐμᾶς φρενός, i.e. Apollo, S. Tr. 217 (lyr.); σὺ δʼ ὦ τύραννε θεῶν τε κἀνθρώπων Ἔρως E. Fr. 136; Μὴν Τύραννος, a Phrygian deity worshipped in Attica, IG 2(2).1366.2 (i A. D.), al.; οὔ, τὴν τ. (perh. Hera), in an oath, Herod. 5.77: first used of <i>monarchs</i> in the time of Archil. (cf. τυραννίς I) acc. to Hippias 9 D.; Φίττακον ἐστάσαντο τ. Alc. 37 A; ἢν μή τις ἢ τ. ἢ σκηπτοῦχος ᾖ Semon. 7.69; λαγέτας τ. Pi. P. 3.85; interchangeable with βασιλεύς in Isoc. 2.4 (cf. 1), 35 (cf. 36); later, <i>chief, princeling,</i> OGI 654.8 ( Egypt, i B. C.); τ. ἴδιοι καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐμτπόριον Peripl.M.Rubr. 14: c. gen., Κροῖσος . . τ. ἐθνέων τῶν ἐντὸς Ἅλυος Hdt. 1.6; Κλεισθένης ὁ Σικυῶνος τ., Ἱστιαῖος ὁ Μιλήτου τ., etc., Id. 5.67, 7.10.γ, etc.; ὁ τῶν Κυπρίων τ. Sor. 1.39; οἱ τ., of the Sicilian <i>tyrants,</i> Th. 1.14; of the Pisistratidae, X. HG 6.5.33, Arist. Ath. 13.5, Pol. 1275b36, cf. Th. 6.54, Pl. Smp. 182c; τὸν τ. κτανέτην Scol. 9.3; οἱ τ. the <i>monarchical party,</i> προδιδοὺς τοῖς τ. τὴμ πόλιν τὴν Ἐρυθραίων IG 1(2).10.32: freq. in a bad sense, δημοφάγος τ. Thgn. 1181, cf. 823, Hdt. 3.80, Pl. Grg. 510b, Plt. 301c, R. 569b, etc.; ὕβρις φυτεύει τύραννον S. OT 873 (lyr.).",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "σὺ δʼ ὦ τύραννε θεῶν τε κἀνθρώπων Ἔρως",
                "ref": "E. Fr. 136",
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141417",
              "data": {
                "quote": "Φίττακον ἐστάσαντο τ.",
                "ref": "Alc. 37",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001.perseus-grc2:37"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141418",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἢν μή τις ἢ τ. ἢ σκηπτοῦχος ᾖ",
                "ref": "Semon. 7.69",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0260.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.69"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141419",
              "data": {
                "quote": "λαγέτας τ.",
                "ref": "Pi. P. 3.85",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.85"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141420",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τ. ἴδιοι καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐμτπόριον",
                "ref": "Peripl.M.Rubr. 14",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0071.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141421",
              "data": {
                "quote": "Κροῖσος . . τ. ἐθνέων τῶν ἐντὸς Ἅλυος",
                "ref": "Hdt. 1.6",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.6"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141422",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὁ τῶν Κυπρίων τ.",
                "ref": "Sor. 1.39",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.39"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141423",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὸν τ. κτανέτην",
                "ref": "",
                "urn": ""
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141424",
              "data": {
                "quote": "προδιδοὺς τοῖς τ. τὴμ πόλιν τὴν Ἐρυθραίων",
                "ref": "",
                "urn": ""
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141425",
              "data": {
                "quote": "δημοφάγος τ.",
                "ref": "Thgn. 1181",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1181"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141426",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὕβρις φυτεύει τύραννον",
                "ref": "S. OT 873",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:873"
              }
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>members of the rulerʼs family,</i> οἱ τ. ‘the royal house’, Id. Tr. 316, cf. OC 851, Charito 1.2: ἡ τύραννος is used both of <i>the queen</i> herself and <i>the kingʼs daughter, princess,</i> E. Hec. 809, Med. 42, 877, 1356, cf. infr. II; πρέπει γὰρ ὡς τ. εἰσορᾶν, of Clytemnestra, S. El. 664; αὐτὴ . . τ. ἦ Φρυγῶν E. Andr. 204.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141427",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "αὐτὴ . . τ. ἦ Φρυγῶν",
                        "ref": "E. Andr. 204",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc2:204"
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                    }
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                },
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "ἵνα Δίκη τ. ᾖ that Justice may be <i>supreme,</i> Critias 25.6D.; Ἔρως τ. ἀνδρῶν E. Hipp. 538 (lyr.); Πειθὼ τὴν τ. ἀνθρώποις μόνην Id. Hec. 816.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141428",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Ἔρως τ. ἀνδρῶν",
                        "ref": "E. Hipp. 538",
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                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141429",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Πειθὼ τὴν τ. ἀνθρώποις μόνην",
                        "ref": "Id. Hec. 816",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc2:816"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>golden-crested wren, Regulus cristatus,</i> Arist. HA 592b23; cf. τροχίλος I.2.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "τύραννος, ον, as Adj., <i>kingly, royal,</i> τύραννα σκῆπτρα A. Pr. 761; τ. σχῆμα S. Ant. 1169; τύραννα δρᾶν to act <i>as a king,</i> Id. OT 588; ἡ τύραννος κόρη E. Med. 1125; τύραννον δῶμα <i>the kingʼs</i> palace, Id. Hipp. 843 (lyr.), etc.; τ. ἑστία Id. Andr. 3; τ. δόμος the <i>royal</i> house, Id. Hel. 478, etc.; ἐς τύραννʼ ἐγημάμην into <i>the royal house,</i> Id. Tr. 474.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141430",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τύραννα σκῆπτρα",
                    "ref": "A. Pr. 761",
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-141431",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τ. σχῆμα",
                    "ref": "S. Ant. 1169",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἡ τύραννος κόρη",
                    "ref": "E. Med. 1125",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τ. ἑστία",
                    "ref": "Id. Andr. 3",
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                }
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                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>imperious, despotic,</i> τ. πόλις Th. 1.122, 124; αἱ τ. φύσεις Luc. Ner. 2. (Loan-word, prob. from Phrygian or Lydian.)",
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                        "quote": "τ. πόλις",
                        "ref": "Th. 1.122",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "αἱ τ. φύσεις",
                        "ref": "Luc. Ner. 2",
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