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τυραννίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τυραννίς τυραννίδος

Structure: τυραννιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: tu/rannos

Sense

  1. kingly power, sovereignty
  2. absolute power, despotic rule, lordship

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τυραννίς τυραννίδε τυραννίδες
Genitive τυραννίδος τυραννίδοιν τυραννίδων
Dative τυραννίδι τυραννίδοιν τυραννίσιν*
Accusative τυραννίδα τυραννίδε τυραννίδας
Vocative τυραννί τυραννίδε τυραννίδες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ τυραννὶσ μὲν τοιοῦτόν τι ὤφθη οὖσα. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 26:7)
  • "ἢν δὲ ὀρθοὶ ἑστήκωσιν ὑπὸ τῆσ αἰσχύνησ ἤδη πρὸσ τὴν ἔξοδον ἕτοιμοι, καθέζεσθαι κέλευε, καὶ ὅλωσ τυραννὶσ τὸ πρᾶγμα ἔστω. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:39)
  • τοιγαροῦν οὐδ’ ἐπιχειρεῖν τισ ἐτόλμα τῶν γεννικῶν καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ ἐμοὶ προαιρουμένων, ἀλλ’ ἀπέγνωστο παντάπασιν ἡ ἐλευθερία καὶ ἄμαχοσ ἡ τυραννὶσ ἐδόκει, πρὸσ τοσούτουσ ἐσομένησ τῆσ ἐπιχειρήσεωσ. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 6:3)
  • καὶ ἡ μὲν τυραννὶσ ἤδη καθῄρητο, καὶ πέρασ εἶχέ μοι τὸ τόλμημα, καὶ τὸ ἀπ’ ἐκείνου πάντεσ ἦμεν ἐλεύθεροι, ἐλείπετο δὲ γέρων ἔτι μόνοσ, ἄνοπλοσ, ἀποβεβληκὼσ τοὺσ φύλακασ, ἀπολωλεκὼσ τὸν μέγαν ἐκεῖνον ἑαυτοῦ δορυφόρον, ἔρημοσ, οὐδὲ γενναίασ ἔτι χειρὸσ ἄξιοσ. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 8:1)
  • ταῦτα δῆτ’ οὐ δεινὰ καὶ τυραννίσ ἐστιν ἐμφανήσ; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, strophe7)

Synonyms

  1. kingly power

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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