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τύραννος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τύραννος τυράννου

Structure: τυρανν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tu/rannos is prob. from same Root as ku/rios, koi/ranos.

Sense

  1. absolute ruler (i.e. of gods, kings)
  2. (with negative connotation) tyrant, dictator, despot

Declension

Second declension

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

  • καὶ συνήγαγε δύναμιν ἰσχυρὰν σφόδρα καὶ ἦρξε χωρῶν καὶ ἐθνῶν καὶ τυράννων, καὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ εἰσ φόρον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 1:4)
  • εἶτα ἐν χρόνῳ κρατυνθὲν τὸ ἀσεβὲσ ἔθοσ ὡσ νόμοσ ἐφυλάχθη, καὶ τυράννων ἐπιταγαῖσ ἐθρησκεύετο τὰ γλυπτά, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 14:16)
  • καίτοι εἰ καὶ μηδὲν αὐτῇ τοιοῦτο ἐπέπρακτο, καλῶσ εἶχέ μοι ἀνδρὶ ἤδη τετταράκοντα ἔτη σχεδὸν γεγονότι θορύβων μὲν ἐκείνων καὶ δικῶν ἀπηλλάχθαι καὶ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ τοὺσ δικαστὰσ ἀτρεμεῖν ἐᾶν, τυράννων κατηγορίασ καὶ ἀριστέων ἐπαίνουσ ἐκφυγόντα, εἰσ δὲ τὴν Ἀκαδήμειαν ἢ εἰσ τὸ Λύκειον ἐλθόντα τῷ βελτίστῳ τούτῳ Διαλόγῳ συμπεριπατεῖν ἠρέμα διαλεγομένουσ, τῶν ἐπαίνων καὶ κρότων οὐ δεομένουσ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 32:2)
  • ἡγοῦμαι γὰρ ταῦτα ἔργα μὲν εἶναι σοφιστῶν λίαν ἀχρήστων καὶ σφόδρα βίου δεομένων, ἀνδρὸσ δὲ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ πολίτου πολλοῦ ἀξίου περὶ τῶν μεγίστων συμβουλεύειν, ὁρῶν οὕτωσ αἰσχρῶσ διακειμένην τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ πολλὰ μὲν αὐτῆσ ὄντα ὑπὸ τῷ βαρβάρῳ, πολλὰσ δὲ πόλεισ ὑπὸ τυράννων ἀναστάτουσ γεγενημένασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 30 1:3)
  • λέχη δὲ τἀμὰ δοῦλοσ ὠνητόσ ποθεν χρανεῖ, τυράννων πρόσθεν ἠξιωμένα. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 3:14)

Synonyms

  1. absolute ruler

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