τύραννος
τύραννος [ῠ],
ὁ, also
ἡ (v. infr.
1.2 ),
A). an absolute ruler, 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 δ’ ὦ τύραννε θεῶν τε κἀνθρώπων Ἔρως E. Fr. 136 ;
Μὴν Τύραννος, a Phrygian deity worshipped in Attica,
IG 22.1366.2 (i A. D.), al.;
οὔ, τὴν τ. (perh. Hera), in an oath,
Herod. 5.77 : first used of
monarchs in the time of
Archil. (cf.
τυραννίς 1 ) 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,
chief, princeling,
OGI 654.8 (Egypt, i B. C.);
τ. ἴδιοι καθ’ 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
tyrants, 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
monarchical party, προδιδοὺς τοῖς τ. τὴμ πόλιν τὴν Ἐρυθραίων IG 12.10.32 : 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.).
2). in a wider sense, of
members of the ruler's family, οἱ τ. 'the royal house',
Id. Tr. 316 , cf.
OC 851 ,
Charito 1.2 :
ἡ τύραννος is used both of
the queen herself and
the king's daughter, princess, E. Hec. 809 ,
Med. 42 ,
877 ,
1356 , cf. infr.
11 ;
πρέπει γὰρ ὡς τ. εἰσορᾶν, of Clytemnestra,
S. El. 664 ;
αὐτὴ .. τ. ἦ Φρυγῶν E. Andr. 204 .
II). τύραννος, as Adj.,
kingly, royal, τύραννα σκῆπτρα A. Pr. 761 ;
τ. σχῆμα S. Ant. 1169 ;
τύραννα δρᾶν to act
as a king, Id. OT 588 ;
ἡ τύραννος κόρη E. Med. 1125 ;
τύραννον δῶμα the king's palace,
Id. Hipp. 843 (lyr.), etc.;
τ. ἑστία Id. Andr. 3 ;
τ. δόμος the
royal house,
Id. Hel. 478 , etc.;
ἐς τύρανν’ ἐγημάμην into
the royal house, Id. Tr. 474 .
2). imperious, despotic, τ. πόλις Th. 1.122 ,
124 ;
αἱ τ. φύσεις Luc. Ner. 2 . (Loan-word, prob. from Phrygian or Lydian.)
ShortDef
an absolute sovereign; (adj.) royal
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">τύραννος</span> <span class="pron greek">[ῠ]</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, also <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span> (v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:1.2/canonical-url/"> 1.2 </a>), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">an absolute ruler,</span> unlimited by law or constitution, first in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg008.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg008.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Mart.</span> 5 </a> (unless the hymn is late), where it is used of a god, <span class="foreign greek">Ἆρες,. . ἀντιβίοισι τύραννε;</span> so <span class="foreign greek">ὁ τῶν θεῶν τ.,</span> of Zeus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:736" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:736/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 736 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:564" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:564/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 564 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">ὦ τύραννε τᾶς ἐμᾶς φρενός,</span> i.e. Apollo, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:217" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:217/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 217 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">σὺ δ’ ὦ τύραννε θεῶν τε κἀνθρώπων Ἔρως</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 136 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">Μὴν Τύραννος,</span> a Phrygian deity worshipped in Attica, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1366.2 </span> (i A. D.), al.; <span class="foreign greek">οὔ, τὴν τ.</span> (perh. Hera), in an oath, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:5:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:5.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 5.77 </a>: first used of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">monarchs</span> in the time of <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> </span> (cf. <span class="quote greek">τυραννίς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a> ) acc. to Hippias <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:9/canonical-url/"> 9 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">Φίττακον ἐστάσαντο τ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 37 </a> A; <span class="quote greek">ἢν μή τις ἢ τ. ἢ σκηπτοῦχος ᾖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0260.tlg001:7:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0260.tlg001:7.69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Semon.</span> 7.69 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λαγέτας τ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.85 </a> ; interchangeable with <span class="foreign greek">βασιλεύς</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg013.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg013.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 2.4 </a> (cf. <span class="bibl"> 1 </span>), <span class="bibl"> 35 </span> (cf. <span class="bibl"> 36 </span>); later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">chief, princeling</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 654.8 </span> (Egypt, i B. C.); <span class="quote greek">τ. ἴδιοι καθ’ ἕκαστον ἐμτπόριον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Peripl.M.Rubr.</span> 14 </span> : c. gen., <span class="quote greek">Κροῖσος .. τ. ἐθνέων τῶν ἐντὸς Ἅλυος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.6 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Κλεισθένης ὁ Σικυῶνος τ., Ἱστιαῖος ὁ Μιλήτου τ.,</span> etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 5.67 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.10/canonical-url/"> 7.10 </a>.<span class="foreign greek">γ/,</span> etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὁ τῶν Κυπρίων τ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.39 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ τ.,</span> of the Sicilian <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tyrants,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.14 </a>; of the Pisistratidae, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:5:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:5:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 6.5.33 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:13:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:13.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 13.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1275b:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1275b.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1275b36 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.54 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:182c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:182c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 182c </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸν τ. κτανέτην</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Scol.</span> 9.3 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ τ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">monarchical party,</span> <span class="quote greek">προδιδοὺς τοῖς τ. τὴμ πόλιν τὴν Ἐρυθραίων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.10.32 </span> : freq. in a bad sense, <span class="quote greek">δημοφάγος τ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 1181 </span> , cf. <span class="bibl"> 823 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.80 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:510b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:510b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 510b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:301c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:301c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 301c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:569b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:569b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 569b </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὕβρις φυτεύει τύραννον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:873" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:873/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 873 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in a wider sense, of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">members of the ruler\'s family,</span> <span class="foreign greek">οἱ τ.</span> \'the royal house\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:316" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:316/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 316 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:851" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:851/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 851 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0554.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0554.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Charito</span> 1.2 </a>: <span class="foreign greek">ἡ τύραννος</span> is used both of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the queen</span> herself and <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the king\'s daughter, princess,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:809" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:809/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 809 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 42 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:877" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:877/canonical-url/"> 877 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1356" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1356/canonical-url/"> 1356 </a>, cf. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πρέπει γὰρ ὡς τ. εἰσορᾶν,</span> of Clytemnestra, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:664" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:664/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 664 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αὐτὴ .. τ. ἦ Φρυγῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:204/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 204 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">ἵνα Δίκη τ. ᾖ</span> that Justice may be <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">supreme,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0319.tlg001:25:6D" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0319.tlg001:25.6D/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Critias</span> 25.6D. </a>; <span class="quote greek">Ἔρως τ. ἀνδρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:538" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:538/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 538 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Πειθὼ τὴν τ. ἀνθρώποις μόνην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:816" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:816/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 816 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">golden-crested wren, Regulus cristatus,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:592b:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:592b.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 592b23 </a>; cf. <span class="quote greek">τροχίλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:1.2/canonical-url/"> 1.2 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τύραννος, </span> as Adj., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">kingly, royal,</span> <span class="quote greek">τύραννα σκῆπτρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:761" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:761/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 761 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τ. σχῆμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1169" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1169/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1169 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τύραννα δρᾶν</span> to act <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">as a king,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:588" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:588/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 588 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἡ τύραννος κόρη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1125 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τύραννον δῶμα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the king\'s</span> palace, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:843" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:843/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 843 </a> (lyr.), etc.; <span class="quote greek">τ. ἑστία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 3 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τ. δόμος</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">royal</span> house, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:478" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:478/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 478 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς τύρανν’ ἐγημάμην</span> into <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the royal house,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:474" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:474/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 474 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">imperious, despotic,</span> <span class="quote greek">τ. πόλις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.122 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:124/canonical-url/"> 124 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἱ τ. φύσεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg005:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg005:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ner.</span> 2 </a> . (Loan-word, prob. from Phrygian or Lydian.)</div> </div><br><br>'}